Daniel Pennac

Daniel Pennac

Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni, born 1 December 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay Chagrin d'école. Daniel Pennacchioni is the fourth and last son of a Corsican and Provençal family. His father was a polytechnicien who became an officer of the colonial army, reaching the rank of general at retirement and his mother, a housewife, was a self-taught reader. His childhood was spent wherever his father was stationed, in Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Algeria, Equatorial Africa), Southeast Asia (Indochina) and France (including La Colle-sur-Loup). His father's love for poetry gave him a taste for books that he quickly devoured in the family library or at school. After studying in Nice he became a teacher. He began to write for children, including his series "La Saga Malaussène", that tells the story of Benjamin Malaussène, a scapegoat, and his family in Belleville, Paris. In a 1997 piece for Le Monde, Pennac stated that Malaussène's youngest brother, Le Petit, was the son of Jerome Charyn's New York detective, Isaac Sidel. His writing style can be humorous and imaginative as in "La Saga Malaussène", or scholarly, as exemplified by the essay "Comme un roman." His comic Débauche, written jointly with Jacques Tardi, deals with unemployment. In 1990 Pennac won the "Prix du Livre Inter" for La petite marchande de prose. His 1984 novel L'œil du loup was translated into English as Eye of the Wolf by Sarah Adams – later known as Sarah Ardizzone – and published by Walker Books in 2002; Adams won the biennial British Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation in 2005 for that work. In 2002 he won the Grinzane Cavour Prize. In 2007 Pennac won the Prix Renaudot for Chagrin d'école. He won the "Grand Prix Metropolis bleu" in 2008 for his complete work. In 2013 he received an honorary degree in pedagogy from the University of Bologna. Source: Article "Daniel Pennac" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Popularity : 1.64
  • Known For : Writing
  • Birthday : 1944-12-01
  • Place of Birth : Casablanca, Morocco
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Daniel Pennac Movies

  • 2018
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    Le avventure del lupo

    Le avventure del lupo

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2022
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    Daniel Pennac: Ho visto Maradona!

    Daniel Pennac: Ho visto Maradona!

    6.5 2022 HD

    Rehearsals for a play about Maradona in Naples, with Italian actors and an Argentine director. Nothing about Maradona except anecdotes about his...

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  • 2017
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    Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens

    Robert Doisneau: Through the Lens

    7.1 2017 HD

    Featuring previously unissued photographs and video archives as well as interviews of his friends and partners in crime, this documentary tells how...

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  • 2012
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    Ernest & Celestine

    Ernest & Celestine

    7.762 2012 HD

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  • 1998
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    The Eye of the Wolf

    The Eye of the Wolf

    7.5 1998 HD

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  • 2022
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    Daniel Pennac: Ho visto Maradona!

    Daniel Pennac: Ho visto Maradona!

    6.5 2022 HD

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  • 1997
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    Gentlemen Children

    Gentlemen Children

    5.3 1997 HD

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  • 2013
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    The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

    6 2013 HD

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  • 1998
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    The Eye of the Wolf

    The Eye of the Wolf

    7.5 1998 HD

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  • 2012
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    Square

    Square

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2008
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    Just So Stories

    Just So Stories

    7 2008 HD

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  • 1975
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    Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

    8.5 1975 HD

    Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years...

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