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Marcel Paul Pagnol (/ p ə ˈ n j ɒ l, p æ-/, also US: / p ɑː ˈ n j ɔː l / pah-NYAWL; French: [maʁsɛl pɔl paɲɔl]; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker.
Marcel Paul Pagnol (born Feb. 25, 1895, Aubagne, Fr.—died April 18, 1974, Paris) was a French writer and motion-picture producer-director who won both fame as the master of stage comedy and critical acclaim for his filmmaking.
Marcel Pagnol: the man. Born in Aubagne on February 28, 1895 to Joseph Pagnol and Augustine Lansot, Marcel Pagnol received a classical and republican education tinged with anticlericalism. Son of a schoolteacher, he quickly developed a passion for classical literature and, at the age of 19, founded the literary review “FORTUNIO”, which ...
Jun 11, 2018 · Pagnol, Marcel (1894–1974) French dramatist, film director, and writer. He first gained attention for the play Topaze (1928). Pagnol adapted for the screen his Marseilles trilogy – Marius (1929), Fanny (1931), and César (1937).
Oct 13, 2022 · Provence in Pictures. Our tour begins at La Font-de-Mai, a domaine/eco-museum in a picturesque rural setting near the town of Aubagne, in the Bouches-du-Rhône département, where the celebrated writer and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol was born in 1895.
(1895–1974) French writer and film-maker. He was the first film-maker to be elected to the Académie Française. Born in Aubagne, the son of a schoolteacher, Pagnol himself trained and worked as a teacher, in his spare time writing plays set in his native Provence.
Marcel Pagnol was born on 28 February 1895 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a writer and producer, known for The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940), Jean de Florette (1986) and Le schpountz (1938). He was married to Jacqueline Pagnol and Simone Collin. He died on 18 April 1974 in Paris, France.
