Pierre de Marivaux is remembered for writing that changed what came after it.
The record lists Pierre de Marivaux as French novelist and dramatist (1688-1763).
Pierre de Marivaux was born at Paris in 1688. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at Collège des Oratoriens de Riom and University of Paris (1215-1793). Law Faculty.
This was a period of expanding print and contested censorship, when writing became a public act with consequences.
He worked as playwright, writer and novelist.
The writing is recorded in French.
His work is classed as comedy and theatre.
Reputation in letters is unusually volatile: writers are forgotten for a generation and then recovered by one.
That the work was written from France matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Pierre de Marivaux died in 1763, aged 75. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Genres: comedy and theatre
