Madame de Sévigné

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné

CountryFrance

LanguagesFrench

Dates1626 — 1696

female author

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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, also widely known as Madame de Sévigné or Mme de Sévigné, was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for their wit and vividness, were addressed to her daughter, Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné. She is revered in France as one of the great icons of French 17th-century literature.— Wikipedia