Original: Henri RenÃ Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â "6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents.
Simplified: Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 â "6 July 1893) was a popular 19th century French writer. He is considered one of the fathers of the modern short story.