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Guy de Maupassant Biography

                                         

Identification Card

Full name: Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant Date of Birth: 1850-08-05 Birthplace:  Chateau de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, Normandy, France Died: 1893-07-06 Location of Death: Paris, France Cause of Death: Illness Race: White Social Class: Aristocrats Occupation: AuthorFamous for: French short story writer 

Guy de Maupassant Biography

                                         

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HomeDieppe,

Normandy,

Northern

France

Chateau de Miromesnil

People who influenced Maupassant ‘s lifeGustave

Flaubert1821 – 1880

Émile Zola1840 – 1902

Ivan Turgenev1818 – 1883

Henry James1843 – 1916

Authors …

Children of Peasants and

Sailorshe grew up with

Soldier at War

Maupassant served three years in the

Franco-Prussian war

1869 – 1871

At the age of thirty

He lived an extravagant life

style

Guy de Maupassant's House

He sailed on a boat he built for himself

around Europe

Some Important Works

• The Adopted Son• The Beggar

• The Blind Man• Clochette• The Cripple• The Diamond

Necklace• The Donkey

• The False Gems• Father Milon

• The Gamekeeper• In the Spring• In the Wood• The Inn

• The Mustache • A New Year's Gift• The Orphan• The Cake

• The Story of a Farm Girl

• That Costly Ride• The Thief• Two Friends• A Vagabond

• Waiter, a "Bock"• A Wedding Gift

Maupassant influences Today’s artists

Author

Stephen

King

Director Oliver Stone