Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues
1715 – 1747 · aged 32
French writer, a moralist (1715-1747)
- Born
- 6 Aug 1715 · Aix-en-Provence
- Died
- 28 May 1747 · Paris
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- 6 Aug 1715BornBorn in Aix-en-Provence
- 1740 – 1748WarWar of the Austrian Succession
- 28 May 1747DiedDied in Paris
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Biography
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (French: [vovnaʁɡ]; 6 August 1715 – 28 May 1747) was a French writer and moralist. He died at age 31, in broken health, having published the year prior—anonymously—a collection of essays and aphorisms with the encouragement of Voltaire, his friend (20 years his senior). He first received public notice under his own name in 1797, and from 1857 on, his aphorisms became popular.
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