active 1655 Michel Millot

Michel Millot is generally identified as a 17th-century French author active around 1655, but very little biographical information appears to survive. Library and catalog records treat him as an author from that period rather than a well-documented public figure, so even basic personal details are uncertain.

He is chiefly associated with L'Escole des filles (The School for Girls), a work published in 1655 and often attributed to Michel Millot together with Jean L'Ange. The book became notorious for its explicit dialogue form and has been described by later sources as an early landmark of French erotic fiction.

Because the historical record is so thin, Millot is best understood through the afterlife of that book: its censorship, its clandestine circulation, and its long literary reputation. For readers today, that makes him an intriguing example of an author whose influence outlasted almost every trace of his life.