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.

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).

External link

• Site officiel de Marcel Pagnol (in French)