Marqués de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François de Sade (Paris; June 2, 1740 – Charenton-Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne; December 2, 1814), known by his title of Marquis de Sade, was a French philosopher and writer, author of The Crimes of Love, Aline and Valcour and numerous other novels, stories, essays and plays. He is also credited with Justine or the Misfortunes of Virtue, Juliette, The 120 days of Sodom and The Philosophy in the Boudoir, among others.
In his works, anti-heroes are characteristic, protagonists of rapes and dissertations in which, through sophistry, they justify their actions. The expression of a radical atheism, besides the description of paraphilias and acts of violence, are the most recurrent themes of his writings, in which the idea of the triumph of vice over virtue prevails.
He was imprisoned under the Old Regime, the Revolutionary Assembly, the Consulate and the First French Empire, spending twenty seven years of his life locked up in different fortresses and "asylums for the insane". He was also on the lists of those condemned to the guillotine. In 1803 he wrote, referring to his long confinement: The interludes of my life have been too long.
He was involved in several incidents that became major scandals. In life, and after death, he has been haunted by numerous legends. His works were included in the Index librorum prohibitorum of the Catholic Church.