Voltaire
Writing · Novel · Original Story · Writer
Born Nov 21, 1694 · Paris, France
Active 1954–1778 · Awards: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Fellow of the Royal Society
François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom…
Filmography
Epic Rap Battles of History (2010) — CharactersTancredi (1992) — Original StoryCandide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960) — NovelThe Artless One (1972) — WriterCandinho (1954) — NovelSemiramide (1990) — Original StoryCandide (1991) — NovelDandy (1988) — NovelLeonard Bernstein: Candide (2003) — WriterThe Adventures of Zadig (1970) — NovelBBC Play of the Month (1965) — AuthorSimple - Minded (1994) — NovelEl Infierno Perfecto (2008) — WriterVerdi: Alzira (2012) — Original StoryLeonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide (1989) — Original Film WriterL’Or et le plomb (1966) — WriterCandide (2023) — NovelRossini: Semiramide (2018) — Original StoryJean-Philippe Rameau: Samson (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence) (2024) — Writer