{{Short description|Italian-born writer (1928–2000)}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1928 | birth_place = Genoa, Italy | death_date = 8 May 2000 | death_place = Paris, France | othername = | occupation = Novelist<br>Journalist | years_active = 1970–1996 | spouse = | signature = }}
'''Jean Noli''' (Giovanni Paolo Sergio Noli) (1928 in Genoa – 8 May 2000 in Paris) was a French-speaking writer and journalist of Italian origin.
== Biography == Jean Noli (Giovanni Paolo Sergio Noli) resided for a long time in France, dividing his time between Paris and the Breton island of Hoëdic. He is known to have written a biography of Edith Piaf. Several of his novels are inspired by the sea and the Breton islands. He has been a co-author of books on sailors Olivier de Kersauson, {{ill|Michel Malinovsky|fr}} and Éric Tabarly.
The island of Hoëdic is the site of his novel ''{{ill|La Grâce de Dieu|fr|3=La Grâce de Dieu (roman)|lt=La Grâce de Dieu}}'', which earned him the 1978 prix des libraires.
As a journalist and rewriter, Jean Noli collaborated for several years in the weekly VSD from its inception in 1977.
== Work == * 1970: ''Les Loups de l'Amiral'', Fayard * 1971: ''Le Choix'' — prix Broquette-Gonin * 1977: ''La Grâce de Dieu'' — Julliard, {{ISBN|2260000819}} prix des libraires * 1980: ''La Banquière'', {{ill|J'ai lu|fr}}, {{ISBN|2277211540}} * 1981: [https://www.amazon.fr/Larguez-m%C3%A9moires-Jean-Noli/dp/B0014LG0FI ''Larguez les mémoires''], Éditions maritimes et d'outre-mer * 1985: ''La Mariée de l'ombre'', Plon, {{ISBN|2259014003}} * 1986: ''Vengeance'' * 1991: ''Mor Bihan'' * 1993: [http://www.editionsarchipel.com/livre/piaf-secrete/ ''Piaf secrète''] * 1996: ''Chers Italiens'', {{ill|Éditions de Fallois|fr}}, {{ISBN|978-2877062794}}
In collaboration with Olivier de Kersauson: * 1979: ''Fortune de mer'' * 1994: ''Homme libre... toujours tu chériras la mer !''
== External links == * [http://www.babelio.com/auteur/Jean-Noli/62679 Jean Noli] on Babelio * [http://www.academie-francaise.fr/jean-noli Jean Noli] on the site of the Académie française * [http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-politique/2007-01-16/jean-noli/917/0/2122 Jean Noli] obituary on ''Le Point'' (12 May 2000) * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cb14pcklt8 L' écrivain Jean Noli sur hoedic en 1977 (partie 1)] on YouYube {{Authority control}}
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