Jean GionoJean Giono was born in Manosque, a small Provencal town in southeastern France. He wrote more than fifty novels, poetry collections, and plays, and in addition translated the works of Smollett and Melville into French. His titles include Th Horseman on the Roof, To the Slaughterhouse, Song of the World, and The Man Who Planted Trees. He died in 1970. Read More Read Less