Gustave Flaubert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustave Flaubert

French writer

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1821

Place of Birth: Rouen, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 08-May-1880

Profession: novelist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Gustave Flaubert (UK: FLOH-bair, US: floh-BAIR, French: [gystav flob??]; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist.
Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country.
He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics.
The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.