Marcel Pagnol
Manon des sources is a notable work by Marcel Pagnol, a French writer, playwright, screenwriter, film director, and film producer who worked in both French and English across a career that encompassed stage and screen.
Pagnol was born on 28 February 1895 in Aubagne, France. He was educated at the Lycée Thiers and subsequently at Aix-Marseille University. Over the course of his career he worked simultaneously as a writer, playwright, screenwriter, film director, and film producer, producing works that included the play Topaze, the Marseille Trilogy, The Baker's Wife, Souvenirs d'enfance, and Manon des sources.
His output across these roles earned him formal recognition from French cultural institutions. He received the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, the Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms, and the Great Gold Medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès. These honors reflect the range of his activity as both a literary and cinematic practitioner. Pagnol died on 18 April 1974 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Among the works associated with his name, Manon des sources stands alongside Topaze and the Marseille Trilogy as a title that continued to carry his authorship forward. The Marseille Trilogy, Topaze, and Manon des sources together represent the breadth of a body of work produced by a writer who also functioned as a director and producer throughout his professional life.
Quotes by Marcel Pagnol
One has to watch out for engineers. They begin with the sewing machine and end up with the atomic bomb.
I was terrified that the wild boar might be attacking my father, and so I prayed to God - if he existed - to protect him and to direct the boar against my uncle instead, who believed in heaven, and therefore was more willing to die.
One has to look out for engineers they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb
Whenever I go to the dock and look at the horizon, I am on the other side. If I see a boat on the ocean, it pulls me like a cord . . . like a belt pulling my sides, and I don't know where I am, I cannot think of anything else. . .
My advice is to look out for engineers. They begin with sewing machines and end up with nuclear bombs.
