Marcel Pagnol
1895
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1974
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
native language: French
educated at: Lycée Thiers, Aix-Marseille University (1896-1971)
occupation: playwright, screenwriter, film director, film producer, writer, director
award received: Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès
position held: President of the Jury at the Cannes Festival, president, seat 25 of the Académie française
official website: www.marcel-pagnol.com
Marcel Paul Pagnol (, also US: pah-NYAWL; French: [maʁsɛl pɔl paɲɔl]; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable than it once was, Pagnol is still 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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