Marcel Pagnol

Marcel Pagnol
Pagnol in 1948
Pagnol in 1948
BornMarcel Paul Pagnol
(1895-02-28)28 February 1895
Aubagne, Third French Republic
Died18 April 1974(1974-04-18) (aged 79)
Paris, France
OccupationAuthor
Playwright
Film director
NationalityFrench
Notable worksMarius
Jean de Florette
Manon des sources
La Gloire de mon père
Le Château de ma mère
Website
www.marcel-pagnol.com

Marcel Paul Pagnol (/pəˈnjɒl, pæ-/, also US: /pɑːˈnjɔːl/ pah-NYAWL;[1] French: [maʁsɛl pɔl paɲɔl]; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur,[2] in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for the fact that he excelled in almost every medium—memoir, novel, drama and film.

  1. ^ Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 1997
  2. ^ Oscherwitz, Dayna; Higgins, Mary Ellen (2009). The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-8108-7038-3.