Guy de Maupassant

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Giu De Mopasan, গি দ্য মোপাসঁ, Gāy- Da-Mōpāsā, and 152 others Mopāsāṃ. Gāya da, ג. דע מאפאסאן, ギ・ド・モーパッサン, Maupasān̲, မိုပါဆွန်း၊ ဂီးဒါး, Gāy-da Mōpāsā, Gay- Da-Mopasa, Henri René Guy de Maupassant, Joseph Prunier, Gyu de Mopasan, Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant, Di. Ge Mōppasānn, 吉.德.莫泊桑, Henry R. de Maupassant, גיוי דע מאפאסאנ, Гі дэ Мапасан, Gi︠u︡i de Mopasan, Ki doe Mopatsang, Kī dœ̄ Mōpatsang, موباسان، غي دو،, Γκυ ντε Μωπασσάν, മോപ്പസാങ്ങ്, מאפאסאן, Gay-da- Mopasa, गी द मोपासाँ, Guido de Maupassant, Gi De Mopassan, Гюи де Мопассан, Gi Do Mōpassan, غي دو موباسان, Maupassant, 기 드 모파상, Мопассан, موباسان، جى دى, Gui de Mopassan, Henri R. de Maupassant, ਮੋਪਾਂਸਾ, גיואי דע מאפאסאן, Kī dōe Mōpatsang, .. Maupassant, גי דה מופסן, Di. Ge Mōppasāṅṅ, గై డి మొపాసా, デ・ド モーパッサン, Gûi de Mopasan, Wit de Maupassant, Ги Де Мопассан, Ji.de.Mobosang, Gi De Mopasan, Gi dë Mopasan, Mobosang, Gi de Mopassan, மாப்பசான், モウパッサン, Gi de Mopasanas, Ги дьо Мопасан, Мопассан Ги, Henri R. Maupassant, Gijs de Mopasans, ጊ ደ ሞፓሳ, Gāya da Mopāsām, Gī de Mōpasan, Gāy Da-Mōpāsā, Māppacān̲, モーパッサン, Gi︠u︡i de Mopassan, Henry R. Maupassant, גי דה מופאסאן, Giu de Mopasan, Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant, Gi︠u︡i De Mopassan, Gi de Mopasan, موباسان, Gī dya Mopācāṃ, 莫白桑, Gky Nte Mōpasan, دي موبسان، جي،, גיו דע מאפאסאנן, Y. De Mopasan, Hi de Mopassan, Giui de Mopasan, Gāy-da- Mōpāsā, جي دو موباسان،, モウパスサン, Gaya da Mopasam, Guy De Maupassant, ... Maupassant, Гі де Мопассан, گی دو موپاسان, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant, Gjui de Mopassan, Gi dya Mopacam, Gijs de Moposans, גואי די מפסן, Мопасан, גיי דע מאפאסאן, Henry René Albert Guy de Maupassant, Ġiy dū Mūbāsān, Giui De Mopassan, Léna de Mauregard, Ги де Мопассант, Lena de M, G. de M., 莫泊桑, Ги де Мопасан, گائی ڈی موپساں, גיו דע מאפאסאן, मोपासां, גואי די מופסן, Gui de Moupassante, Giyu de Mopasan, גואי די מופאסאן, ג מאפאסאן, Snyde Maupassant, モオパッサン, 居伊·德·莫泊桑, Gijs de Mopasāns, موباسان، غي دي،, გი დე მოპასანი, גי דע מאפאסאן, גי דה מאפאסאן, G. de Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant, Gijs De Mopasans, Henry-René-Albert-Guy De Maupassant, Գի դը Մոպասան, موپاسان، جى دى, Hi De Mopassan, גיו דע מאפסאן, Giui de Mopassan, ギィ・ド モーパッサン, גואי דע מאפאסאן, Maupassant de, Ġuy dī Mūbāsān, Mopassan, ギ・ド モーパッサン, Gjui Mopassan, Ги де Мопассан, Henri-René-Albert Guy de Maupassant, गाय दी मोपासां, Maufrigneuse, גיו דע־מאפאסאנ, Mo-po-sang, Maupassan, گے د موپساں, غي دو موباسان،, Gaius a Maupassant, دو موباسان، جي،, Léna de M, Guy de Valmont, .. Mobosang, Di. Ge Moppasann
Born:
Aug. 4, 1850
Died:
March 1, 1893

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(Henry René Albert) Guy De Maupassant is generally considered to be the greatest French writer of short stories. One account says the location of his birth was the Château de Miromesnil, in Dieppe, though this is not certain. His paternal ancestors were of the minor aristocracy, and his maternal grandfather, Paul Le Poittevin, was Gustave Flaubert's godfather. His parents separated when he was 11 years old.

Maupassant was gifted with a photographic memory, which aided him in recollecting events and characters for his stories. As a teenager, Maupassant was shown, by the poet Algernon Swinburne (1837-1909), a mummified hand. He used this haunting image in his early short story La Main Ecorchée (1875). In 1869 Maupassant started to study law in Paris, but soon, at age 20, he volunteered to serve in the army during Franco-Prussian War. After his return to Paris, Maupassant joined the literary circle of Gustave Flaubert, who introduced him to some of the leading writers of his day, including Emile Zola, Ivan Turgenev, and Henry James. Flaubert saw Maupassant regularly and schooled him in the craft of being a writer.

From 1872 to 1880, Maupassant worked as a civil servant, first at the ministry of maritime …

Books by Guy de Maupassant