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Daniel Pennac

1944 - Today

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Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni, born 1 December 1944 in Casablanca, French Morocco) is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay Chagrin d'école. Daniel Pennacchioni is the fourth and last son of a Corsican and Provençal family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Pennac has received more than 170,618 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Pennac is the 1,357th most popular writer (down from 1,344th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 27th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Moroccan Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La petite marchande de prose
1989
Merci
2004
Monsieur Malaussene
1997
Better Than Life
Language Arts & Disciplines
Discusses the love of reading and stories in children and how ways of teaching reading may cause many children to lose their love of books, and suggests a "Readers's Bill of Rights" for readers of all ages.
19944 / 5
The Dictator and the Hammock
Doppelgängers
Manuel Pereira da Ponte Martins, beloved dictator of the state of Teresina in Brazil, develops agoraphobia the day a fortune-teller predicts he will die being torn limb from limb by an angry mob. His life becomes unbearable and he decides to hire a double to stand in while he set off to enjoy himself in the fleshpots of Europe. A few years later, the barber-turned-dictator also grows tired of running the country and employs the same trick as his predecessor to leave for Hollywood. On the boat there, he introduces himself as Charlie Chaplin. But everyone is convinced that he is none other than Rudolph Valentino disguised as Chaplin. When he arrives in New York, both the real actors are waiting for him. Back in Teresina, the doubles follow one another, fooling the people with ease. Then Pereira comes back. He is astonished to discover that his stand-in doesn't look anything like him and reacts in a way that can only precipitate his meeting with Fate. The Dictator and The Hammockis wildly original and extremely funny.
2006
Au bonheur des ogres
1985

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Daniel Pennac ranks 1,357 out of 7,302. Before him are Mukhtar Auezov, Nikolaus Lenau, Xavier de Maistre, Jean M. Auel, Robert de Montesquiou, and Rudolf Erich Raspe. After him are James Murray, Wace, Thornton Wilder, Joseph Bédier, Symeon the Metaphrast, and Per Olov Enquist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Daniel Pennac ranks 117. Before him are Sam Elliott, Jan-Michael Vincent, Roger Daltrey, Chico Mendes, Michael Nyman, and Rexhep Meidani. After him are Patrice Chéreau, Helena Rojo, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jürgen Grabowski, Andris Bērziņš, and Frank Oz.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Daniel Pennac ranks 28 out of 264. Before him are Hassan I of Morocco (1836), Jean-Luc Mélenchon (1951), Ahmad al-Badawi (1199), Al-Rashid of Morocco (1631), Mordechai Vanunu (1954), and Frida Boccara (1940). After him are Mehdi Ben Barka (1920), Abdelaziz of Morocco (1878), Larbi Benbarek (1914), Abd al-Rahman of Morocco (1779), Abd al-Hafid of Morocco (1875), and Al-Shadhili (1197).

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Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Daniel Pennac ranks 3. Before him are Fatema Mernissi (1940), and Tahar Ben Jelloun (1944). After him are Mohamed Choukri (1935), Dunash ben Labrat (920), Driss Chraïbi (1926), Ahmed Rami (1946), Eva Illouz (1961), Malika Oufkir (1953), Muriel Barbery (1969), Katherine Pancol (1954), and Leïla Slimani (1981).

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