Marcel Pagnol
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| Born | Marcel Paul Pagnol 28 February 1895 Aubagne, Third French Republic |
| Died | 18 April 1974 (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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Marcel Paul Pagnol (/pəˈnjɒl, pæ-/, also US: /pɑːˈnjɔːl/ 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. 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.