Gustave Flaubert
1821 – 1880 · aged 59
French novelist (1821–1880)
- Born
- 12 Dec 1821 · Rouen
- Died
- 8 May 1880 · Croisset
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- 12 Dec 1821BornBorn in Rouen
- 1866AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
- 1870 – 1871WarFranco-Prussian War
- 8 May 1880DiedDied in Croisset
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
Biography
Gustave Flaubert (UK: FLOH-bair, US: floh-BAIR; French: [ɡystav flobɛʁ]; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
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