What is Madame de La Fayette?
{{Infobox Writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]] --> | name = Madame de La Fayette | image = Madame de La Fayette.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1634|3|18}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1693|5|25|1634|3|18}} | death_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | occupation = [[Novelist]] | notableworks = ''[[La Princesse de Clèves]]'' }} '''Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne''', [[count]]ess of La Fayette (or Lafayette) was a [[France|French]] writer. She is commonly known as '''Madame de Lafayette'''. She was born on 18 March [[1634]] in [[Paris]], and died there, on 26 May [[1693]]. In [[1678]], she published the [[novel]] ''[[La Princesse de Clèves]]'' (the Princess of Clèves). This book is regarded as one of the first psychological novels. {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lafayette, Madame De}} [[Category:1634 births]] [[Category:1693 deaths]] [[Category:French novelists]]