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

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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, filmscripts, 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.

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Jean Giono’s books

Average rating: 4.05 · 12,554 ratings · 1,258 reviews · 111 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Man Who Planted Trees 4.23 avg rating — 7,259 ratings — published 1953 — 148 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) 3.93 avg rating — 1,104 ratings — published 1951 — 35 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 3.68 avg rating — 778 ratings — published 1947 — 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
	Regain 3.87 avg rating — 439 ratings — published 1930 — 20 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 3.80 avg rating — 405 ratings — published 1929 — 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
	Joy of Man's Desiring by Jean Giono, Katherine A. Clarke (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 280 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 — 199 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
	The Song Of The World by Jean Giono, Henri Fluchere (Translator) , Geoffrey Myers (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 1934 — 19 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 3.87 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1929 — 12 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
	Blue Boy 4.03 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1932 — 20 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

Trilogie de Pan (3 books)
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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

145 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

17 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

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Polls

November 2019 Short Story/Novella Poll

The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote, 37 pages, 1967

77 votes, 27.7%

The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich by Nikolai Gogol, 52 pages, 1835

66 votes, 23.7%

The Living Daylights by Ian Fleming, 25+- pages, 1962

36 votes, 12.9%

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

34 votes, 12.2%

The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson, 56 pages, 1891

33 votes, 11.9%

Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott, 80 pages, 1963

32 votes, 11.5%

278 total votes

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