num_pages: 936
description: Explores the private and professional life of the eighteenth-century French author and examines his friendship with prominent figures such as Rousseau, Voltaire and Catherine the Great
language: English
title: Diderot
titlecomplete: Diderot
characters: Denis Diderot
genres: Biography
ratings_count: 9
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: National Book Award
category: Arts and Letters
publisher: Oxford University Press