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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (5 February 1626 – 17 April 1696), also widely known as Madame de Sévigné or Mme de Sévigné, was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (born Feb. 5, 1626, Paris, France—died April 17, 1696, Grignan) was a French writer whose correspondence is of both historical and literary significance.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Madame de Sévigné was France’s preeminent writer of epistles in the seventeenth century. She appears at first glance to possess few philosophical credentials because she neither received formal philosophical instruction nor composed philosophical treatises.
French aristocrat and landowner best known for the lively series of letters which she wrote to her daughter over the course of more than 20 years. Name variations: Marie Rabutin-Chantal; Marie de Rabutin Chantal; Madame de Sévigné; Marquise de Sevigne.
May 20, 2020 · “La Marquise de Sévigné” (c. 1665), by Claude Lefèbvre. Note to readers: You may choose to read this commentary on the letters of Madame de Sévigné here or listen to it on the audio file at the end of the article.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné, marquise de (märē´ də räbütăN´-shäNtäl´ märkēz´ də sāvēnyā´), 1626–96, French woman of letters. Her correspondence of more than 1,500 letters is a monument of French literature. After her husband's death (1651) she devoted herself to her two children.
French letter writer. Orphaned early, she was brought up by an uncle and became widely cultured. She frequented the Hôtel de Rambouillet, made a fashionable marriage in 1644, and ... From: Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin‐Chantal, marquise de in The Oxford Companion to English Literature » Subjects: Literature. Reference entries.
