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Marcel Pagnol |
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28th February 1895 |
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Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
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Marcel Pagnol (February 28, 1895 - April 18, 1974) was a French novelist, playwright and filmmaker.
Biography
Born in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône département, in southern France, the son of a school teacher, Marcel Pagnol grew up in Marseille, spending his summer holidays in a house in the hills near Aubagne.
Marcel Pagnol was elected a member of the Académie française in 1946.
He died in Paris.
His novels Le château de ma mère and La gloire de mon père were made into acclaimed movies by Yves Robert
Bibliography
- Topaze (1930, theater play) ;
- Marius (1930, theater play) ;
- Fanny (1932, theater play) ;
- César (1936, theater play) ;
- Le château de ma mère and La gloire de mon père (1957, autobiographies) ;
- Le temps des secrets (1959, autobiography)
- L'Eau des collines (Jean de Florette and Manon des sources) (1964, novels)
- Le temps des amours (1977, autobiography)
- Le secret du masque de fer (1965, essay).
Filmography, as director
- Jofroi (1933) ;
- Angèle (1934 ;
- Merlusse (1935) ;
- Cigalon (1935) ;
- Topaze (1930) ;
- César (1936) ;
- Regain (1937) ;
- Le Schpountz (1938) ;
- La femme du boulanger (1938) ;
- La Fille du puisatier (1940) ;
- La prière aux étoiles (1941, unfinished) ;
- Naïs (1945) ;
- La belle meunière (1948, in colors) ;
- Topaze (1950, starring Fernandel) ;
- Manon des sources (1952, later remade as Manon des sources (1986) ;
- Les lettres de mon moulin (1954).
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