WRITER

Guy de Maupassant

1850 - 1893

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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (UK: , US: ; French: [ɡi d(ə) mopasɑ̃]; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the naturalist school, 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 efficient, seemingly effortless dénouements. Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. He wrote 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guy de Maupassant is the 101st most popular writer (up from 119th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from France (up from 123rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Writer.

Guy de Maupassant is most famous for his short stories.

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Among writers, Guy de Maupassant ranks 101 out of 7,302. Before him are Louisa May Alcott, Erich Maria Remarque, Ursula K. Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, Paulo Coelho, and Virginia Woolf. After him are Alexandre Dumas fils, Miyamoto Musashi, Arthur Rimbaud, François Rabelais, Jack London, and Knut Hamsun.

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Among people born in 1850, Guy de Maupassant ranks 2. Before him is Jack the Ripper. After him are Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Robert Louis Stevenson, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Edward Smith, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eduard Bernstein, Hermann Ebbinghaus, and Charles Richet. Among people deceased in 1893, Guy de Maupassant ranks 2. Before him is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. After him are Charles Gounod, Josef Stefan, Patrice de MacMahon, Rutherford B. Hayes, Jean-Martin Charcot, Jan Matejko, Hippolyte Taine, Alexander of Battenberg, Baron Alexander von Bach, and Ernst Kummer.

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Among people born in France, Guy de Maupassant ranks 96 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744), Louis de Broglie (1892), Louis Braille (1809), Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933), Louis de Funès (1914), and Gustave Courbet (1819). After him are William the Conqueror (1028), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Louis Philippe I (1773), Arthur Rimbaud (1854), François Rabelais (1494), and Louis XII of France (1462).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Guy de Maupassant ranks 19. Before him are Émile Zola (1840), Gustave Flaubert (1821), Octave Mirbeau (1848), Stendhal (1783), Romain Rolland (1866), and Charles Perrault (1628). After him are Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Arthur Rimbaud (1854), François Rabelais (1494), W. Somerset Maugham (1874), Marquis de Sade (1740), and Anatole France (1844).

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