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18th-century French dramatists and playwrights

  • VoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet was born in Paris on the 21st of November 1694. He entered the world as the youngest child of a minor treasury official and a woman…
  • Denis DiderotDenis Diderot was born on the 5th of October 1713 in the city of Langres. His father Didier worked as a cutler and his mother Angélique Vigneron supported…
  • Louis Carrogis CarmontelleLouis Carrogis Carmontelle was born in Paris on the 15th of August 1717. His father worked as a bootmaker, placing the family in modest circumstances.