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Daniel Pennac

だにえる・ぺなっく

Danieru Penakku

Aliases: ダニエル・ペンナッキオーニ

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1944-12-01 (Casablanca, French Morocco)
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
Djibouti → Ethiopia → Algeria → Equatorial Africa → Indochina → La Colle-sur-Loup → Nice

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Teacher, Comics writer
Active Years
1979-
Influenced By
Jerome Charyn

Education

Université Côte d'Azur
Faculty of Letters
Country: France
Studied in Nice

Awards

Prix Renaudot
2007
Work: Chagrin d'école
Result: winner
Prix du Livre Inter
1990
Work: La petite marchande de prose
Result: winner
Grinzane Cavour Prize
2002
Result: winner
Grand Prix Metropolis bleu
2008
Work: Complete works
Result: winner
Raymond Chandler Award
2023
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Au bonheur des ogres

1985 Novel

Story of the Malaussène family, with Benjamin Malaussène as scapegoat

FamilyScapegoatBelleville, Paris
Adaptations
  • [Film] The Scapegoat (2013)
Translations
  • The Scapegoat

Bibliography

  • Chagrin d'école
  • Au bonheur des ogres
  • La fée carabine
  • La petite marchande de prose

Adaptations

  • Ernest & Celestine

Translations of Works

  • Eye of the Wolf

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Humorous and imaginativeScholarly essays
Recurring Motifs
School and educationRights of the readerFamily bonds

Legacy

Prominent French novelist known for children's novels and essays, Prix Renaudot winner. Many works draw from teaching experience

In Popular Culture

  • Malaussène saga popular

Trivia

  • Fourth and last son of Corsican and Provençal family
  • Father was a polytechnicien who became a general
  • Spent childhood in Africa and Indochina
  • Worked as a taxi driver