CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Guy de Maupassant, in full Henry-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant, (born August 5, 1850, Château de Miromesnil?, near Dieppe, France-died July 6, 1893, Paris), French naturalist writer of short stories and novels who is by general agreement the greatest French short-story writer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant, born on 5 August 1850 at the late 16th-century Château de Miromesnil (near Dieppe in the Seine-Inférieure (now Seine-Maritime) department in France), was the first son of Laure Le Poittevin and Gustave de Maupassant, who both came from prosperous bourgeois families.

Detailed explanation-3: -Guy de Maupassant was an important French naturalist writer who was most well known for his short stories. His writing career was short-lived but extremely prolific; between 1880 and 1890 he wrote over 300 short stories, as well as several full length novels and a book of poetry.

Detailed explanation-4: -Guy de Maupassant was a 19th century French author, who is known to be the master of the short story form of literature. He belongs to the Naturalist school of literature and has depicted human life in the colours of disillusionment and pessimism.