Марсель Паньоль: Француз жазушысы, драматургі және кинорежиссері

Novelist, playwright and filmmaker from France

Marcel Paul Pagnol (/p//ə/'/n//j//ɒ//l//, //p//æ// /, also /US//p//ɑː/'/n//j//ɔː//l/ pahNYAWL; 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.

Pagnol was born on 28 February 1895 in Aubagne, Bouches du Rhône department, in southern France near Marseille, the eldest son of schoolteacher Joseph Pagnol and seamstress Augustine Lansot. Marcel Pagnol grew up in Marseille with his younger brothers Paul and René, and younger sister Germaine.

In July 1904, the family rented the Bastide Neuve, About the same time, Augustine's health, which had never been robust, began to noticeably decline and on 16 June 1910 she succumbed to a chest infection ("mal de poitrine") and died, aged 36. Joseph remarried in 1912. He contacted Paramount Picture studios and suggested adapting his play Marius for cinema. The film was directed by Alexander Korda and released on 10 October 1931.

In 1945, Pagnol remarried, to Jacqueline Bouvier (the actress Jacqueline Pagnol).

In 1986, Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources were adapted by filmmaker Claude Berri. In 1990, La Gloire de mon père and Le château de ma mère, Pagnol's affectionate reminiscences of childhood, were filmed by Yves Robert. In 2000, Jacques Nahum produced Marius, Fanny, and César for French television. In 2011, La Fille du puisatier was filmed by Daniel Auteuil. In 2013, Marius and Fanny were remade by Daniel Auteuil. In 2022, Le Temps Des Secrets was adapted and filmed by Christophe Barratier.

On 28 February 2020 Google celebrated his 125th birthday with a Google Doodle.