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Marcel Pagnol
Novelist, playwright and filmmaker from France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Born | Marcel Paul Pagnol (1895-02-28)28 February 1895 Aubagne, Provence, Third French Republic |
Died | 18 April 1974(1974-04-18) (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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