# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicolas-edme-retif
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:59:51.885Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/nicolas-edme-retif"
name: "Nicolas-Edme Rétif"
slug: "nicolas-edme-retif"
description: "Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne, born Nicolas-Edme Rétif or Nicolas-Edme Restif, also known as Rétif, was a French novelist. The term retifism for shoe fetishism was named after him. He was also reputed to have invented the term \"pornographer\" for the same-named book, The Pornographer."
tagline: "French writer (1734–1806)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1734-10-23"
deathDate: "1806-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump