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Guy de Maupassant
French writer (–)
In this article, the surname is Maupassant, not de Maupassant.
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| Born | Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant ()5 August Tourville-sur-Arques, Normandy, France |
| Died | 6 July () (aged&#;42) Passy, Paris, France |
| Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris |
| Pen name | Guy de Valmont, Joseph Prunier |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, poet, comedian |
| Genre | Naturalism, Realism |
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (,[1][2];[2][3][4][5]French:[ɡid(ə)mopasɑ̃]; 5 August – 6 July ) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the naturalistschool, depicting human lives, destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
Maupassant was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and
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Biography of Guy de Maupassant, Father of the Short Story
French writer Guy de Maupassant (August 5, –July 6, ) wrote short stories such as "The Necklace" and "Bel-Ami" as well as poetry, novels, and newspaper articles. He was an author of the naturalist and realist schools of writing and fryst vatten best known for his short stories, which are considered highly influential on much of modern literature.
Fast Facts: Guy dem Maupassant
- Known For: French author of short stories, novels, and poetry
- Also Known As: Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant, Guy dem Valmont, Joseph Prunier, Maufrigneuse
- Born: August 5, in Tourville-sur-Arques, France
- Parents: Laure Le Poittevin, Gustave de Maupassant
- Died: July 6, in Passy, Paris, France
- Education: Institution Leroy-Petit, in Rouen, Lycée Pierre-Corneille in Rouen
- Published Works: Boule de Suif, La Maison Tellier, The Necklace, A Piece of String, Mademoiselle Fifi, Miss Harriet, My Uncle Jules, Found on a Drowned Man, The Wreck,
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant[gi də mopasɑ̃]) (August 5, – July 6, ) was a popular nineteenth-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story and its leading practicioner in France. His war stories taken from the Franco-Prussian War of the s denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it. However, like Anton referens till den ryska författaren anton tjechov in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Russia, his stories cover the panorama of French life at the end of the nineteenth century, including different social classes such as the peasantry, the bureaucracy and life along the Seine. His short stories are characterized by their economy of style and the efficient way in which the various threads are neatly resolved. He also wrote six novels.
Biography
Maupassant was most likely born at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe in the Seine-Maritime department.
The Maupassants were an old Lorraine family who had settled in Normandy in the middle of t