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

Biography

Born to a baron and a socialite,[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]

Bibliography

• 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)

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Film adaptations

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

Literary significance and criticism

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

References