WRITER

Marcel Pagnol

1895 - 1974

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Pagnol is the 1,161st most popular writer (down from 1,038th in 2019), the 1,321st most popular biography from France (down from 1,180th in 2019) and the 169th most popular French Writer.

Marcel Pagnol is most famous for his play "Marcel Pagnol's The Baker's Wife" and his novels "Jean de Florette" and "Manon of the Spring."

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Among writers, Marcel Pagnol ranks 1,161 out of 7,302. Before him are Antarah ibn Shaddad, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Gottfried Keller, P. G. Wodehouse, Vladimir Bartol, and Irving Stone. After him are Marcus Minucius Felix, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Henri Michaux, Danielle Steel, Comtessa de Dia, and Velimir Khlebnikov.

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Among people born in 1895, Marcel Pagnol ranks 74. Before him are Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Pavel Sukhoi, Wilhelm Gustloff, Friedrich Jeckeln, Robert Graves, and Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois. After him are Lin Yutang, Ferdinand Čatloš, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, B. H. Liddell Hart, Jean Giono, and Gregorio Pietro Agagianian. Among people deceased in 1974, Marcel Pagnol ranks 40. Before him are Carl Spaatz, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Walter Brennan, Virginia Apgar, Cass Elliot, and Walter Lippmann. After him are Hilda Gadea, Farid al-Atrash, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Frank Martin, Creighton Abrams, and Anatole Litvak.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Pagnol ranks 1,321 out of 6,770. Before him are Alain de Lille (1117), Jean-Marie Villot (1905), Ariovistus (-101), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847), Alice Prin (1901), and Capucine (1928). After him are André Masson (1896), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1346), Carausius (300), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), and Gérard Genette (1930).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marcel Pagnol ranks 169. Before him are Michel Tournier (1924), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Elif Shafak (1971), Alain-Fournier (1886), and Jean-François Marmontel (1723). After him are Comtessa de Dia (1175), Jean de Joinville (1224), Michel Butor (1926), Monique Wittig (1935), Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), and Léo Taxil (1854).

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