Pagnol - Marcel Pagnol

French playwright. Born in a farming family in Aubagne, on the outskirts of Marseille. In 1922, he moved to Paris, where he worked as a high school teacher while writing plays in collaboration with friends. His solo work Topaze (1928) was a great success, and he completed a trilogy of Marius (1929), Fanny (1931), and César (1936), set in his adopted hometown of Marseille. His style of writing, which depicts the stubborn and generous temperament of indigenous men and women with a hint of pathos, remains fresh even today. After World War II, he returned to the stage with historical plays such as Judas (1955) and Fabian (1956), but he no longer has the same feel as he did in the past. After the advent of talkies, he also began writing and directing screen adaptations of his own plays. He also wrote essays such as On Laughter, and novels about his childhood. In 1946, he was elected a member of the Academy.

[Keisuke Honjo]

"Fanny" translated by Toshio Nagato (1962, Kadokawa Shoten)

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フランスの劇作家。マルセイユ郊外オーバニュの農家に生まれる。1922年パリに出て、高校の教師を勤めながら友人と合作で戯曲を書く。独力の作『トパーズ』Topaze（1928）で大成功を収め、第二の故郷マルセイユを舞台に『マリウス』Marius（1929）、『ファニー』（1931）、『セザール』César（1936）の三部作を完成する。土着の男女の頑固でおおらかな気質に、そこはかとなきペーソスを交えて描いた作風はいまも新鮮である。第二次世界大戦後は『ユダ』（1955）、『フェビアン』（1956）などの歴史劇で舞台に帰ったが昔日の観はない。トーキー以後、自作の戯曲の映画化に際しては脚本・監督にも乗り出している。『笑いに就いて』などの随想、幼少時の小説もある。46年アカデミー会員に選ばれた。

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『永戸俊雄訳『ファニー』（1962・角川書店）』

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