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Guy de Maupassant (born August 5, 1850, Château de Miromesnil?, near Dieppe, France—died July 6, 1893, Paris) was a French author, celebrated as a master of the short story. Born Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant in Normandy, France, he was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert. Maupassant’s works often depict human lives and social forces with a disillusioned and sometimes pessimistic tone. Over his career, he wrote around 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse.