Bosco, Henri (1888-1976). Novelist and poet. Bosco's native Provence is the atmospheric constant of texts that weave rural mysteries in a moody, hybrid language of paganism and Christianity, where description dominates narrative. He reached a wide readership with L'Âne Culotte (1938), Hyacinthe (1940), Le Mas Théotime (1945, Prix Renaudot), Le Jardin d'Hyacinthe (1945), and Malicroix (1948). L'Enfant et la rivière (1945) and Barboche (1957), both sometimes considered ouvrages pour la jeunesse, are lighter introductions to his work. He also wrote poetry.
— David Steel
