Gustave Flaubert
Novelist, Celebrity
1821 – 1880
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Who was Gustave Flaubert?
Gustave Flaubert was an influential French writer widely considered one of the greatest novelists in Western literature. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary, for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
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- Born
- Dec 12, 1821
Rouen - Also known as
- Flaubert
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- Lycée Pierre-Corneille
- Lived in
- Rouen
- Died
- May 8, 1880
Canteleu - Resting place
- Rouen
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on July 23, 2013
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