Madame de La Fayette, French author (died 1693)

Madame de La Fayette

French writer (1634–1693)

Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette, better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French writer; she authored La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature.