Writers such as Jean Giono,[3] Roger Martin du Gard, Marie Mauron [fr]... encouraged him.
[4] He had some difficulty in getting himself published, before signing at Éditions Denoël, and despite the critic Léon Derey, he was considered only as a writer following Giono and Ramuz.
[5] He began to make himself known to the literary milieu, and received marks of esteem from authors such as Max Jacob, Blaise Cendrars, Jean de La Varende and Jean Rostand[6] His work amounts to a dozen novels, stories and short stories, and a few interviews.
In 1950 he came to live in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence where he became friends with Louis Aragon and painters such as Hans Hartung and Mario Prassinos.
He abandoned his post as official (receiver at registration) and opened a store of electrical appliances in 1951.