Pierre de Marivaux

Pierre de Marivaux
Portrait of Marivaux by Louis-Michel van Loo
Portrait of Marivaux by Louis-Michel van Loo
BornPierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux
4 February 1688 (1688-02-04)
Paris, France
Died12 February 1763(1763-02-12) (aged 75)
Paris, France
OccupationPlaywright
NationalityFrench
PeriodEnlightenment
GenreRomantic comedy
Literary movementLumières

Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ kaʁlɛ ʃɑ̃blɛ̃ maʁivo]; 4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist.

He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing numerous comedies for the Comédie-Française and the Comédie-Italienne of Paris. His most important works are Le Triomphe de l'amour, Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard and Les Fausses Confidences. He also published a number of essays and two important but unfinished novels, La Vie de Marianne and Le Paysan parvenu.[1]

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