Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François de Sade was born on 2 June 1740, in the Hôtel de Condé, Paris, to Jean Baptiste François Joseph, Count de Sade and Marie Eléonore de Maillé de Carman, cousin and Lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Condé. He was his parents' only surviving child. He was educated by an uncle, the Abbé de Sade. In Sade's youth, his father abandoned the family; his mother joined a convent. He was raised with servants who indulged "his every whim," which led to his becoming "known as a rebellious and spoiled child with an ever-growing temper." Later in his childhood,
Alphonse Allais of Alphonse Allais" (UK). In the United States, Doug Skinner has translated eight books by Allais, including "Captain Cap" and his only novel Honfleur has a street, "rue Alphonse Allais", and a school, "Collège Alphonse Allais", named for him. There is a "Place Alphonse-Allais" in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. The "Académie Alphonse-Allais" has awarded an annual prize, the , in his honor since 1954. Alphonse Allais Alphonse Allais (20 October 1854 – 28 October 1905) was a French writer and humorist, who was born in Honfleur, Calvados, and who died in Paris. He is the author of many collections