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Provence and Côte d'Azur : Top 10 Writers in Provence

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Top 10 Top 10 Writers in Provence

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  • 1. Frédéric Mistral

    This Nobel Prize-winner (1830–1914) wrote epic poems based on local lore.

  • 2. Alexandre Dumas

    Dumas (1802–70) used the Château d’If (see Château d’If) as the grim backdrop to The Count of Monte Cristo (1845).

  • 3. Victor Hugo

    Hugo (1802–85) set the early chapters of his epic novel Les Misérables (1862) in Digne-les-Bains.

  • 4. Albert Camus

    This French author and existentialist (1913–60) wrote his autobiography at Lourmarin.

  • 5. Alphonse Daudet

    Daudet (1849–97) is best remembered for Tartarin de Tarascon , the tale of a Provençal bumpkin (see La Tarasque, Tarascon).

  • 6. Graham Greene

    The English novelist (1914–91) retired to Nice, where he wrote J’Accuse – the Dark Side of Nice (1982).

  • 7. F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The US writer (1896–1940) stayed at Juan-les-Pins in 1926 to write his novel Tender is the Night .

  • 8. Ernest Hemingway

    Another US visitor to Provence, Hemingway (1898–1961) set The Garden of Eden in La Napoule.

  • 9. Marcel Pagnol

    The French author and film director (1895–1974) wrote L’Eau des Collines (1963), later filmed as Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources .

  • 10. Colette

    Colette (1873–1954) wrote charmingly of St-Tropez in La Naissance du Jour (1928).

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