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Jean de Tinan

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Jean de Tinan, a.k.a. Jean Le Barbier de Tinan, (1874–1898) was a French writer.

Biography

Born to a baron and a socialite,[1] Jean de Tinan moved to Paris in 1895 after graduating from the School of Agriculture in Montpellier.[2] He is remembered as a figure of the Belle époque.[3]

Bibliography

  • Un document sur l'impuissance d'aimer (1894)
  • Penses-tu réussir ! (1897)
  • Maîtresse d'esthètes (1897)
  • L'Example de Ninon de Lenclos amoureuse (1898)
  • Un villain monsieur (1898)
  • Aimienne ou le détournement de mineure (1899)

Film adaptations

In 2002, a film was made on his novel Le Doux amour des hommes.[4]

Literary significance and criticism

Stéphane Mallarmé referred to his Penses-tu réussir! as a modern version of Gustave Flaubert's Sentimental Education.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Lire : le magazine littéraire. L'actualité de la littérature francaise et de la littérature étrangère
  2. ^ Tinan et les Goncourt
  3. ^ Magazine littéraire - Bibliophilie - Jean de Tinan. Le beau ténébreux
  4. ^ Doux amour des hommes, Le (2002)


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