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Marie Louise Denis (1712 - 1790)

Short name Marie Louise Denis
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First name Marie Louise
Birth name Denis
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Alternative name Marie Louise Mignot
Date of birth 1712
Date of death 1790
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Lived in France
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Marie Louise Denis was ...
related to Graffigny, Françoise de
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La femme à la mode (1750) 2 0
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Receptions of Marie Louise Denis, the person

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Sketches of the lives and writings of the ladies of France Thicknesse, Ann 1780 comments on person

Mentioned in: - La Porte 1769 V, 587 (see hyperlink for list) - Boudier de Villemert 1778 - Briquet 1804 - Mitterand, Littérature XVIIIe 1987 (p. 166)

Niece of Voltaire..
Aspiring playwright, who wrote to her oncle: "beaucoup de femmes ont fait des tragédies médiocres qui ont eu beaucoup de représentations, les Barbiers, les Bernards, les Gomez ont été applaudies, mais quel cas fait-on d'elles?" (see Montoya 2004)