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Guy de Maupassant
French author Guy de Maupassant, photograph by Nadar (Gaspard-FĂ©lix Tournachon), c. 1885.
Following the publication of his acclaimed short story Boule de suif, Guy de Maupassant became highly sought after by the press. He subsequently left his position at the ministry to focus on his writing career, during which he contributed articles to the newspapers Le Gaulois and Gil Blas. Many of his short stories also made their initial appearances in Gil Blas.1