Pagnol

American  

[pa-nyawl] / paˈnyɔl /

noun

1. Marcel 1895–1974, French playwright.

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Pagnol British  

/ panjol /

noun

1. Marcel ( Paul ) (marsɛl). 1895–1974, French dramatist, film director, and novelist, noted for his depiction of Provençal life in such films as Manon des Sources (1952; remade 1986)

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Example Sentences

Away from the screen, Luddy played a key role in the 1971 opening of then-girlfriend Alice Waters’ famed Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse, conceiving the name as an homage to French filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2023

French schoolchildren, taking a first stab at grown-up reading, often have a go at My Father's Glory by one of France's best-loved novelists, Marcel Pagnol.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2016

One imagines that other contemporary Village dweller S. J. Perelman reading it with a wince: where are the desultory dry cleaners and depressed delicatessen slicers in this Pagnol movie version of Village life?

From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2016

Who wouldn’t want to engage in a pleasurable, free exercise that could result in a photo book on the secrets of the Loire or an obscure novel by Marcel Pagnol?

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2014

Chiefly, Pagnol recalls his vacations in the Provence countryside with a mother and father who loved him and a brother and sister who seemed never to arouse his resentment or cruelty.

From Time Magazine Archive