ZHIONO Jean (Giono Jean)( French writer.)
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Biography ZHIONO Jean (Giono Jean)
(1895-1970) Born March 30, 1895 in Manosque (Provence). There he lived all his life, and there unfolds the action of many of his novels. In the manner, . sometimes reminiscent of naturalism E. Zola, . sometimes full of poetic, . Zhiono described the simple joys and sorrows, . love story Provencal peasants in such books, . as Hill (Colline, . 1928), . Eddie (Regain, . 1930), . The wife of a baker (La Femme du boulanger, . 1935; novel was filmed), . Song of land (Le Chant du monde, . 1934), and God be my joy (Que ma joie demeure, . 1935), . After the Second World War Zhiono turned to more traditional in books Hussar on the roof (Le Hussard sur le toit, . 1951) and Polish Mill (Le Moulin de Pologne, . 1952), . followed by Angelo (Angelo, . 1958), . Ennemonda and other characters (Ennemonde et autres caractres, . 1968), . Died Zhiono in Manosque October 8, 1970.
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