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

Biography

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Born on January 19 1874, to a Eugène Jean-Marie Théodose Le Barbier de Tinan and Valentine Derval. He would grow up with his grandmother and aunt instead of his parents[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] He died on November 18 1898.

Bibliography

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  • 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

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

Literary significance and criticism

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

References

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