Jean Giono

Born

in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

March 30, 1895

Died

October 08, 1970

Website

http://www.centrejeangiono.com/pages/actualites...

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

Influences

Honoré de Balzac, Stendhal, William Faulkner, Herman Melville ...more

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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, poetry, plays, film scripts, translations and over thirty novels, many of which have been translated into English.

Giono was a pacifist, and was twice imprisoned in France at the outset and conclusion of World War II.

He remained tied to Provence and Manosque, the little city where he was born in 1895 and, in 1970, died.

Giono was awarded the Prix Bretano, the Prix de Monaco (for the most outstanding
collected work by a French writer), the Légion d’Honneur, and he was
a member of the Académie Goncourt.

Combine Editions
Jean Giono’s books

Average rating: 4.05 · 15,101 ratings · 1,564 reviews · 104 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Man Who Planted Trees 4.24 avg rating — 8,784 ratings — published 1953 — 158 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Horseman on the Roof by Jean Giono, Jonathan Griffin (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 1,301 ratings — published 1951 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un roi sans divertissement 3.67 avg rating — 1,003 ratings — published 1947 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Regain 3.85 avg rating — 496 ratings — published 1930 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colline 3.84 avg rating — 524 ratings — published 1929 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joy of Man's Desiring by Jean Giono, Katherine A. Clarke (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 1935 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les âmes fortes 3.25 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 1972 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un de Baumugnes 3.90 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 1929 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Song Of The World by Jean Giono, Henri Fluchere (Translator), Geoffrey Myers (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 1934 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Melville by Jean Giono, Paul Eprile (Translation), Edmund White (Introduction) 3.67 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1941 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Jean Giono

Le Cycle du Hussard (1 book)
by

Jean Giono,

Jonathan Griffin (Translator)

3.90 avg rating — 1,301 ratings

Trilogie de Pan (3 books)
by

Jean Giono

3.85 avg rating — 1,192 ratings

Le Cycle du Hussard (1 book)
by

Jean Giono

3.71 avg rating — 68 ratings

Quotes by Jean Giono

“I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above sea level than down below.”
― Jean Giono, An Italian Journey

tags: misanthropy, solitude

154 likes

“And he told stories about the stars above, about the earth below. He told them to make the night pass, and also because his heart was all reflections in which the soul of the world moved.”
― Jean Giono, The Serpent of Stars

20 likes

“I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people.”
― Jean Giono, An Italian Journey

tags: fiction, interpretation, reading

13 likes

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Polls

February 2021 Short Story/ Novella Poll

Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake 1789, 56 pages

84 votes, 28.4%

The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy 1889, 128 pages

80 votes, 27.0%

Passing by Nella Larsen 1929, 122 pages

59 votes, 19.9%

The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono 1953, 74 pages

49 votes, 16.6%

Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal 1965, 85 pages

24 votes, 8.1%

296 total votes

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