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Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

Short name Voltaire
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First name Francois-Marie
Birth name Arouet
Alternative name François-Marie Arouet
Date of birth 1694
Date of death 1778
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Sex Male
Place of birth Paris
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Lived in France
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Memberships Académie française
Place(s) of Residence France
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receptions circulations
La Henriade (1723) 1 0
*à préciser (1735)
is also a reception: is plagiarism of La mort de César 		0 0
Discours en vers sur l'homme (1738) 1 0
Mérope (1743) 2 0
Voltaire, Réponse à une dame ou soi-disant telle (1750) 0 0
*Commentaire dans une lettre à D'Argental (1752)
is also a reception: comments on work Cénie 		0 0
Tancrède (1760)
is also a reception: is adaptation of Histoire de la Comtesse de Savoye 		0 0
Lettre au comte et à la comtesse d'Argental (1763)
is also a reception: comments on work Turkish Embassy Letters 		0 0
Lettre au comte et à la comtesse d'Argental (1763)
is also a reception: comments on work Lettres [de Madame de Sévigné] 		0 0
Essai sur la poésie épique 0 0
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Circulations of Voltaire, the person (for circulations of his works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Voltaire, the person

For receptions of his works, see under each individual Work.

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Hommage aux mânes de Corneille et de Voltaire, présenté à l'Institut national par Marie-Victoire-Hortense Frescarode Marie-Victoire-Hortense Frescorade 1770 is dedicated to