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Madame de La Fayette — Novelist, 1634–1693
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, born into a minor noble family close to Richelieu, frequented the salon of the marquise de Rambouillet before her marriage and was Madame de Sévigné’s friend. She published without her name La Princesse de Montpensier, then Zaïde. (Editorial synthesis)
Madame de La Fayette was born in Paris. (source: Larousse)
Madame de La Fayette died on 25 May 1693. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Madame de La Fayette died in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Recorded work of Madame de La Fayette: The Princess of Cleves. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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