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Essay Archive - Biography on Guy de Maupassant
Biography on Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5, 1850 at Chateau de
Miromesnil in France. He was a descendent of a very old French family.
As a boy, Maupassant went to school at Yvetot in Normandy, and then
attended Lycee at Rouen. During his childhood and youth in Normandy, he
picked up a great deal of experiences that he later put to use in many of
his writings. When Maupassant was eleven years old, his parents got
separated. This was probably the most significant events in his life in
that his mother retained custody of him. His mother was the sister of a
close friend of Flaub....
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