Jean de Tinan

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

Biography
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 Jean de Tinan moved to Paris in 1895 after graduating from the School of Agriculture in Montpellier. He is remembered as a figure of the Belle Époque. He died on November 18 1898.

Film adaptations
In 2002, a film was made on his novel Le Doux amour des hommes.

Literary significance and criticism
Stéphane Mallarmé referred to his Penses-tu réussir! as a modern version of Gustave Flaubert's Sentimental Education.