1840-1897. French novelist. He wrote about 
his native Provence in Lettres de mon 
moulin/Letters from My Mill 1866, and created 
the character Tartarin, a hero epitomizing 
southern temperament, in Tartarin de Tarascon 
1872 and two sequels. Other works include the 
play L'Arlesienne/The Woman from Arles 1872, 
for which Bizet composed the music; and 
Souvenirs d'un homme de lettres/Recollections 
of a Literary Man 1889.