Short biography françois marie arouet de voltaire

Voltaire was a French philosopher and historian.

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His birth name was François-Marie Arouet and he is considered to be one of the best Enlightenment writers because of his versatility as a writer and his ability to create works in nearly all literary forms, such as poems, plays, essays, novels, along with scientific and historical works.

He is most famous for writing Candide, which is a satirical novella.

Voltaire’s Early Years

Voltaire was born in Paris to an upper-middle class family in November of 1694. His father was François Arouet and his mother was Marie Marguerite Daumand.

The couple had five children with Voltaire being the youngest. His mother died when he was seven years old, and following her pas