Jean Giono
Born
in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
March 30, 1895
Died
October 08, 1970
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Genre
Influences
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The Man Who Planted Trees
201 editions
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1953
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The Horseman on the Roof
by
51 editions
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1951
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Un roi sans divertissement
25 editions
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1947
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Colline
27 editions
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published
1928
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Regain
25 editions
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published
1930
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Joy of Man's Desiring
by
22 editions
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published
1935
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The Song Of The World
by
25 editions
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1934
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Les âmes fortes
12 editions
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published
1972
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Un de Baumugnes
21 editions
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1929
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The Open Road
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8 editions
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1951
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“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.”
― An Italian Journey
― An Italian Journey
“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.”
― The Serpent of Stars
― The Serpent of Stars
“I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people.”
― An Italian Journey
― An Italian Journey
Polls
September 2021 Short Story/Novella Poll
The Misanthrope by Molière, 64 pages, 1666
Wakefield by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 28 pages, 1835
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, under 48 pages, 1924
Bliss by Katherine Mansfield, 12+- pages, 1918
The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono, 74 pages, 1953
A Horseman In The Sky: Short Story by Ambrose Bierce, under 25 pages, 1898
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