Guy de Maupassant was born in Chateau de Miromesnil, Tourbille-sur-Arques, Seine-Inferiere, France, On August 5, 1850, and died in Paris on July 6, 1893. His maternal grandfather, Paul Le Poittevin, was Gustave Flaubert's godfather, and his mother, Laure, and his uncle, Alfred, had been childhood playmates of Flaubert and his sister. rnMaupassant grew up in his native Normandy, a rebellious stu…