sentences:  Two leading French writers who were born into the working class were Jean Giono (1895–1970) and Henry Poulaille (1896–1980).Jean Giono was the son of a cobbler and a laundry woman, who spent most of his life in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.He was a voracious reader but had to leave school at sixteen to work in a bank to help support his family.