Gustave Flaubert
Born:
12-Dec
-
1821
Birthplace:
Rouen, France
Died:
8-May
-
1880
Location of death:
Croisset, France
Cause of death:
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Remains:
Buried, Rouen Cemetery, Rouen, France
Gender:
Male
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Sexual orientation:
Matter of Dispute
Occupation:
Novelist
Nationality:
France
Executive summary:
Realist novelist,
Madame Bovary
"That jerking off of one gentleman by another in a public urinal has entranced the Capital of the Civilized World for a fortnight. Neither the most beautiful works of art nor the greatest scientific discoveries ever generated such excitement when they burst on the world." [Quoted in
Speakeasy
, May 2004, p. 27]
Father:
Achille-Cléophas Flaubert (d. 1846)
Mother:
Anne-Justine-Caroline Fleuriot (d. 1872)
Sister:
Caroline Flaubert (b. 1824)
Slept with:
Eulalie Foucaut De Langlade (1840)
Girlfriend:
Louise Colet (1846-55, d. Mar-1876)
Slept with:
Kuchiuk-Hanem (1850)
University: Collége Royal de Rouen
French Legion of Honor
1866
French Ancestry
Risk Factors:
Epilepsy
,
Obesity
,
Depression
Author of books:
Madame Bovary
(
1857
, novel)
Salammbo
(
1862
)
L'Education Sentimentale
(
1869
)
Trois contes
(
1877
, short stories)
La Tentation de Saint Antoine
(
1874
)
Bouvard et P?cuchet
(
1881
)
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