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Jean Giono
Jean Giono (30 March 1895 – 8 October 1970) was a French author 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 and his mother a laundry woman. He spent the majority of his life in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Forced by family needs to leave school at the age of sixteen and get a job in a bank,
the Jean Giono Prize.
Reception.
Philippe Brassart of "La Dépêche du Midi" wrote: ""Adios Tierra del Fuego" is neither a novel, nor an essay, further not a banal travelogue, it is a tribute." Brassart described the book's language as "rich and pure".
External links.
- "Adiós, Tierra del Fuego" at the publisher's website
- "Adiós, Tierra del Fuego" at the author's website