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.
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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).
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3. Victor Hugo
Hugo (1802–85) set the early chapters of his epic novel Les Misérables (1862) in Digne-les-Bains.
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4. Albert Camus
This French author and existentialist (1913–60) wrote his autobiography at Lourmarin.
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5. Alphonse Daudet
Daudet (1849–97) is best remembered for Tartarin de Tarascon , the tale of a Provençal bumpkin (see La Tarasque, Tarascon).
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6. Graham Greene
The English novelist (1914–91) retired to Nice, where he wrote J’Accuse – the Dark Side of Nice (1982).
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7. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The US writer (1896–1940) stayed at Juan-les-Pins in 1926 to write his novel Tender is the Night .
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8. Ernest Hemingway
Another US visitor to Provence, Hemingway (1898–1961) set The Garden of Eden in La Napoule.
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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 .
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10. Colette
Colette (1873–1954) wrote charmingly of St-Tropez in La Naissance du Jour (1928).
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