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Top 10 Writers in Provence
1. Frederic 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
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.
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.
