Jean GIONO (1895-1970). 3 L.A.S., to Pierre Lhoste; 2 pages and a half in-4, one envelope. "I have read your two poems and I rather like Ronde de femmes. Try yourself on more directly external and more human subjects and send me your work without fear I would be delighted to tell you what I think of it"... - He transmits his letter to Grasset: "I am never in Paris. If you want to see me here, I will wait for you. Le Paraïs, Manosque [...] There is little chance that we will ever meet elsewhere than here"... - 27-3-1968. He sends back a signed paper, enclosing his bank details at the Société Marseillaise de Crédit. He corrects his correspondent: "No, no, I was born exactly: in Manosque, rue Torte n°1 on the second floor on March 30, 1895 at 11 pm"... A L.A.S. from Élise Giono about the defense of her husband, suspected of collaboration after the war, is attached. She sends important papers, one of which specifies "that he did not participate in the trip of the French writers to Germany during the occupation". She thanks Lhoste "for what you do for my prisoner"...