Career
Jean Le Barbier de Tinan, (1874–1898) was a French writer Born to a baron and a socialite, 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.
In 2002, a film was made on his novel Le Doux amour des hommes.
Stéphane Mallarmé referred to his Penses-tu réussir! as a modern version of Gustave Flaubert"s Sentimental Education.
