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Jean Giono (30 March 1895 – 8 October 1970) was a French writer who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France. First period. Jean Giono was born to a family of modest means, his father a cobbler of Piedmontese descent [1] and his mother a laundry woman. He spent the majority of his life in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Jean Giono (born March 30, 1895, Manosque, Fr.—died Oct. 8, 1970, Manosque) was a French novelist, a celebrant of nature whose works are set in Provence and whose rich and diverse imagery has been widely admired.
Jean Giono, the only son of a cobbler and a laundress, was one of France’s greatest writers. His prodigious literary output included stories, essays, poe...
Jean Giono est un écrivain et cinéaste français, né le 30 mars 1895 à Manosque où il est mort le 9 octobre 1970. Ses œuvres, souvent ancrées dans le monde paysan provençal, abordent des questions universelles sur la condition humaine.
Giono was a poet who had returned from the mass graves of the First World War and was as committed to describing the depth of evil as to finding its antidotes: creativity, work, pacifism, friendships with painters, nature as a refuge, and escapes into the imaginary.
Oct 2, 2020 · In 1915 Jean Giono was drafted into the French army’s 159th Infantry Regiment and served four years on the Western Front, fighting in the bloodbaths at Kemmel, the Somme and Verdun,...
Oct 4, 2023 · French Writer Jean Giono. Jean Giono was born on March 30th, 1895, and grew up in a small Provençal town called Manosque in the French department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. His father was a Piedmontese cobbler and his mother a laundress.
Jun 5, 2014 · Jean Giono (1895–1970), whose complete works are available in an eight-volume Pléiade edition, had a long writing career, from his first novel, Colline (translated into English as Hill of Destiny), in 1929, to his last, L’Iris de Suse, published in 1970, the year of his death.
Jean Giono (zhyaw-noh), whose works have often been compared to those of Thomas Hardy in England and those of his contemporary William Faulkner in the United States, was one of the best-known and...
French author Jean Giono is best known as a novelist and playwright who rejected the modern, industrialized world and advocated a return to a simple existence in harmony with nature. His characters are often peasants who love the earth and artisans who find their satisfaction in work well done.
