Madame de Sévigné

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Film_Director
gptkbp:artMovement gptkb:French_classicism
gptkbp:associatedWith Salon culture
gptkbp:born February 5, 1626
gptkbp:children gptkb:Françoise_de_Grignan
gptkbp:contributedTo Epistolary genre
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influence on letter writing
gptkbp:depictedIn Films
Documentaries
Biographies
Historical novels
gptkbp:died April 17, 1696
gptkbp:era Classical period
gptkbp:famousFor Personal letters
Cultural commentary
Wit and humor
Observations on society
Candid reflections
gptkbp:historicalContext 17th century France
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Madame de Sévigné
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Marquise_de_La_Fayette
Memoir writing
Personal correspondence
Women writers
French_literature
French_epistolary_tradition
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Corneille
gptkbp:inspiration Modern epistolary writers
gptkbp:knownFor Letters
gptkbp:language French
gptkbp:legacy Considered_a_classic_of_French_literature
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:La_Rochefoucauld
gptkb:Marie_de_Sévigné
gptkb:Madame_de_Maintenon
gptkb:Bussy-Rabutin
gptkb:Madame_de_La_Fayette
gptkb:Madame_de_Sévigné's_daughter
Ninon de L'Enclos
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Letters_to_her_friend_Madame_de_Grignan
gptkb:Letters_to_her_daughter_Françoise
Letters to her daughter
Letters_about_the_Fronde
Letters_about_the_court_of_Louis_XIV
gptkbp:occupation Letter writer
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Widely studied in literature courses
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Henri_de_Sévigné
gptkbp:style Conversational
gptkbp:theme Family
Love
Politics
Society