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The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was and the present worse than it is.
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Birth: | 28th February, 1895 |
Death: | 18th April, 1974 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Author, Director, Playwriter |
Marcel Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. 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 genre - memoir, novel, play and film.
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