Jean Noli

Jean Noli (Giovanni Paolo Sergio Noli) (1928 in Genoa – 8 May 2000 in Paris) was a French-speaking writer and journalist of Italian origin.

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, Michel Malinovsky [fr] and Éric Tabarly.

The island of Hoëdic is the site of his novel La Grâce de Dieu [fr], 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.

• 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, J'ai lu [fr], ISBN 2277211540
• 1981: Larguez les mémoires, Éditions maritimes et d'outre-mer
• 1985: La Mariée de l'ombre, Plon, ISBN 2259014003
• 1986: Vengeance
• 1991: Mor Bihan
• 1993: Piaf secrète
• 1996: Chers Italiens, 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 !

• Jean Noli on Babelio
• Jean Noli on the site of the Académie française
• Jean Noli obituary on Le Point (12 May 2000)
• L' écrivain Jean Noli sur hoedic en 1977 (partie 1) on YouYube