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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Pagnol has received more than 526,506 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Marcel Pagnol is the 1,039th most popular writer (up from 1,068th in 2019), the 1,180th most popular biography from France (up from 1,242nd in 2019) and the 156th 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."

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marcel Pagnol ranks 1,039 out of 7,302. Before him are Marshall Rosenberg, Sam Shepard, Ľudovít Štúr, Hassan ibn Thabit, Paulinus of Nola, and Fyodor Tyutchev. After him are D. T. Suzuki, Cai Yan, Thomas Mayne Reid, Chinua Achebe, Michel Tournier, and Thomas Malory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Marcel Pagnol ranks 67. Before him are Vasily Blokhin, Wilhelm Kempff, Richard Barthelmess, Clara Haskil, B. H. Liddell Hart, and Friedrich Jeckeln. After him are Edna Purviance, Robert Graves, Jean Giono, Ferdinand Čatloš, Wilhelm Gustloff, and Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois. Among people deceased in 1974, Marcel Pagnol ranks 36. Before him are Patrick Blackett, Fritz Zwicky, Walter Lippmann, Cass Elliot, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and Vannevar Bush. After him are Franz Jonas, Farid al-Atrash, Hilda Gadea, Walter Brennan, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, and Creighton Abrams.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Pagnol ranks 1,180 out of 6,770. Before him are Gundobad (500), Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (1165), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Anne de Montmorency (1493), Paulinus of Nola (354), and Édith Cresson (1934). After him are Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), Émile Bernard (1868), Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), Tancred of Hauteville (980), Michel Tournier (1924), and Émile Gallé (1846).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marcel Pagnol ranks 156. Before him are Bertran de Born (1140), Jean Giraudoux (1882), André Bazin (1918), Jean-Claude Carrière (1931), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), and Paulinus of Nola (354). After him are Michel Tournier (1924), Paul Bourget (1852), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Sonia Rykiel (1930), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), and Charles Péguy (1873).

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