Marcel Pagnol
Novelist, Film director
1895 – 1974
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Who was Marcel Pagnol?
Marcel Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. 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 genre - memoir, novel, play and film.
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- Born
- Feb 28, 1895
Aubagne - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Josette Day
(1941 - 1944) - Jacqueline Pagnol
(1945 - 1974/04/18) - Simone Colin
(1916/03/02 - 1941) - Orane Demazis
(1925 - 1938)
- Josette Day
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- Académie française
- Died
- Apr 18, 1974
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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