Jean Giono

Jean Giono was born in Manosque on 30 March 1895, the son of a cobbler of Piedmontese origin and a laundress. Forced to leave school at sixteen, he joined a bank as a clerk. He fought in the war of 1914 as a simple soldier and came back from it a pacifist for life. From the thirties onwards, his stands against war led to his imprisonment in 1939, and again in 1944. He lived almost all his life in Haute-Provence and died in 1970.

In the catalogue 2

• NovelSecond HarvestRegainJean Giono · 1930Literature
• NovelA King AloneUn roi sans divertissementJean Giono · 1947Literature