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Guy de Maupassant

Also known as Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant, Guy de Valmont, Joseph Prunier

French writer (1850-1893)

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Guy de Maupassant was a French male author and writer born on August 5, 1850, and died on March 2, 1893. He worked in the fields of literature, short story, authorship, journalism, and prose. His works are associated with the genres of German audiobooks and French language. He used the pseudonyms Joseph Prunier, Guy de Valmont, and Maufrigneuse.

His literary career began in 1880. He is linked to similar artists including Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, and Jerome K. Jerome. Notable works include A Causa Secreta, Mme. Tellier's establishment, A family and other stories, Cahier d'amour, Notre coeur, and ベラミ. His writings are tagged with audiobook, librivox, francais, prose, and short story.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 5 Aug 1850
Died: 2 Mar 1893
Works: 2616

Top works

A Causa Secreta
Mme. Tellier's establishment, A family, and other stories
Cahier d'amour
Notre coeur
ベラミ

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France
Active from: 1850-08-05
Active to: 1893-07-06

has german audiobooks

Discogs

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 736
Total plays: 7,091

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,494x
PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,405x
The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,186x
QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials
· 2009 · cited 22,967x
Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
· 1984 · cited 21,450x

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1850–1893
Nationality: FR
Role / Field: Ecrivains, Authors french, Spisovatelia, Spisovatele, Rakstnieks, Literatura
Language: fre, fra
Gender: Male

Recorded by 42 libraries

via VIAF · OCLC

Quotes

“I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.”
“There are in France some fifty thousand young men of good birth and fairly well off who are encouraged to live a life of complete idleness. They must either cease to exist or must come to see that there can be no happiness, no health even, without regular daily labor of some sort … The need of work is in me.”
“I have come to the conclusion that the bed comprehends our whole life; for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it.”
“I took the book from him reverently, and I gazed at these forms incomprehensible to me, but which revealed the immortal thoughts of the greatest shatterer of dreams who had ever dwelt on earth.”
“Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.”
“Let them respect my convictions, and I will respect theirs!”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Works in European collections

32 objects attributed to Guy de Maupassant, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant ( UK: /ˈmoʊpæsɒ̃/, US: /ˈmoʊpəsɒnt, ˌmoʊpəˈsɒ̃/; 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 and associated with the naturalist literary school of thought, 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. His first published story, "Boule de Suif" ("The Dumpling", 1880), is often considered his most famous work.

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