Marcel Pagnol
French author and filmmaker whose autobiographical tetralogy My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle evoke his Provencal childhood with warm nostalgia. His Marseilles trilogy captured the vitality of urban southern France.
Works
- My Father's GloryMemoir of childhood in Provençal countryside with nostalgic affection
- My Mother's CastleCompanion memoir evoking magical childhood years among castles and hills
- The Water of the HillsDual narrative of rural vendetta and forgiveness in Provençal village
- Manon of the SpringsStory of revenge and redemption tied to a disputed spring in Provence
- Jean de FloretteStory of rivalry between neighbors over water rights and buried treasure