Joseph de Maistre

Joseph de Maistre

male, deceased (1821)
from the Kingdom of Sardinia, savoyard, ItalianwriterinFrench, Kingdom of Sardinia, from Turin, authoritarian…French Revolution, French, French Counterrevolutionaries, French-speaking, writer
Joseph-Marie, Comte de Maistre (April 1, 1753- February 26, 1821) was a Savoyard lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher. He was one of the most...
Giacomo Casanova

Giacomo Casanova

male, deceased (1798)
librarian, Gian Giacomo Girolamo Casanova, Histoire de ma vie, ItalianwriterinFrench, Escapees, memoirist…Italian
Giacomo Casanova (April 2, 1725 in Venice – June 4, 1798, in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, wr...
Xavier de Maistre

Xavier de Maistre

male, deceased (1852)
novelist, from the Kingdom of Sardinia, counter-revolutionary, Paul I, Alexander I, French literature…French literateur, French, ItalianwriterinFrench
Xavier de Maistre of Savoy (a region in the Kingdom of Sardinia), lived largely as a military man, but is known as a French literateur. The younger...
Lanza del Vasto

Lanza del Vasto

male, deceased (1981)
Pacifist, mohandas k. gandhi, writer, Italian, philosopher, nonviolence…ItalianwriterinFrench
Lanza del Vasto, (Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Enrico Lanza di Trabia), (September 29 1901 - January 5 1981) was a philosopher, poet, artist, and...