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
158 editions
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1953
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The Horseman on the Roof
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39 editions
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1951
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Un roi sans divertissement
18 editions
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published
1947
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Regain
21 editions
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1930
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Colline
17 editions
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published
1929
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Joy of Man's Desiring
by
15 editions
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published
1935
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Les âmes fortes
7 editions
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1972
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Un de Baumugnes
13 editions
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published
1929
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The Song Of The World
by
21 editions
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1934
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Melville
by
7 editions
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1941
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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
February 2021 Short Story/ Novella Poll
Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake 1789, 56 pages
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy 1889, 128 pages
Passing by Nella Larsen 1929, 122 pages
The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono 1953, 74 pages
Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal 1965, 85 pages
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