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'''Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras''' (1644, [[Montargis]] – 8 May 1712, [[Paris]]) was a French novelist, journalist, pamphleteer and memorialist.

'''Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras''' ([[1644]]–[[1712]]) was a [[France|French]] novelist and memorialist who wrote semi-fictional "memoirs" (in the first person) of historical figures from the recent past (such as the marquis de Montbrun and M. de Rochefort). His memoir-novels—such as "Mémoires de M.L.C.D.R." (1687), "Mémoires de M. d'Artagnan" (1700), "Mémoires de M. de B." (1711)—describe the social and political world of [[Richelieu]] and [[Mazarin]] without gallant clichés (spies, kidnappings, and political machinations predominate) and they were important precursors to both French picaresque novels and literary realism in the 18th century.

His abundant output includes short stories, gallant letters, tales of historical love affairs ('''GatienLes Intrigues amoureuses de Courtilzla Cour de Sandras'France'', ([[1644]]–[[1712]]1684), was a [[France|French]] novelisthistorical and memorialistpolitical whoworks, wrotebiographies and semi-fictional "memoirs" (in the first person; his prefaces often indicate that the works were composed of papers found after the subject's death) of historical figures from the recent past (such as the marquisMarquis de Montbrun and M. de Rochefort). His memoir-novels—such as "(''Mémoires de M.L.C.D.R."'', (1687),; " ''Mémoires de M. d'Artagnan"'', (1700),; " ''Mémoires de M. de B."''; (1711)— describe the social and political world of [[Cardinal Richelieu|Richelieu]] and [[Cardinal Mazarin|Mazarin]] withoutwith gallanta picaresque clichésrealism (spies, kidnappings, and political machinations predominate) and they were important precursors to both French [[picaresque novelsnovel]]s and literary realism in the 18th century.

Courtilz de Sandras is most wellbest known today for his semi-fictionalized memoirs of the famous [[Musketeers of the Guard|musketeer]] [[d'Artagnan]] which were published in [[1700]] (27 years after the death of d'Artagnan) and which served as the model for [[Alexandre Dumas, père]]'s portrayal of d'Artagnan in the ''[[The Three Musketeers]]'' (Fr: ''Les trois mousquetaires''), ''[[Twenty Years After]]'' (Fr: ''Vingt ans après'') and ''[[The Vicomte de Bragelonne]]'' (Fr: ''Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard'').

Courtilz de Sandras served in the army before becoming a writer. He was imprisoned several times in the [[Bastille]] where [[Besmaux]], the former companion of d’Artagnan, was warden, and it was most likely from this source that he learned the details of d'Artagnan's life.

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*''Portions of this article are based on the [[:fr:Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras|equivalent article]] from the [[French Wikipedia]], consulted in February 2006.''

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* {{in lang|fr}} Dandrey, Patrick, ed. ''Dictionnaire des lettres françaises - Le XVIIe siècle.'' Paris: Fayard, 1996, pp. 344–346. {{ISBN|2-253-05664-2}}

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