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Voltaire 1694-1778
Voltaire was born and died in Paris, France.
Already as a child,
François-Marie Arouet had always been the witty type.
He later mixed his wit with a biting
sarcasm, adopted the pen name Voltaire, and wrote his fingers off.
Nobody knows for sure why he picked the name Voltaire.
In 1717, he made fun of the wrong
person, who didn't think it was hilarious at all, and who had the power to put
him into prison. Thus, Voltaire stayed for almost a year at the now
famous
Bastille.
One of his poems was called La
Pucelle d’Orléans (The Maid of Orleans.)
Here is more on
Joan of Arc.
And here is more about
Joan of Arc in French literature.
Voltaire on Religion
He was against it and, to argue his point, he referred to the Dark Ages. Point taken.
Here is a
Voltaire timeline.
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