Marcel Pagnol | |
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 Pagnol in 1948 | |
| Born | Marcel Paul Pagnol 28 February 1895 Aubagne, Third French Republic |
| Died | 18 April 1974 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Author Playwright Film director |
| Nationality | French |
| Notable works | Marius Jean de Florette Manon des sources La Gloire de mon père Le Château de ma mère |
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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.
- ^ Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 1997
- ^ Oscherwitz, Dayna; Higgins, Mary Ellen (2009). The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-8108-7038-3.