Daniel Pennac

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Aliases:
Daniel Pennac, דניאל פנק, Daniel Pennacchioni
Born:
Aug. 8, 1944

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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 schoolAfter 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." …

Books by Daniel Pennac

Daniel Pennac: Messieurs les enfants (French language, 1997, Gallimard)

Messieurs les enfants

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Daniel Pennac: La fée carabine (French language) No rating

La fée carabine

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Daniel Pennac: Il paradiso degli orchi (Paperback, Italiano language, 2013, Feltrinelli)

Il paradiso degli orchi

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Daniel Pennac: Abbaiare stanca (Italian language, 2006, Salani)

Abbaiare stanca

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Daniel Pennac: Il caso Malaussene (Paperback, italiano language, 2017, Feltrinelli)

Il caso Malaussene

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Daniel Pennac: Comme un roman (French language, 1992, Gallimard)

Comme un roman

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Daniel Pennac: Signori bambini (Italian language, 2003) No rating

Signori bambini

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Daniel Pennac: Aux Fruits de La Passion (French language, 2000) No rating

Aux Fruits de La Passion

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Daniel Pennac: Chagrin d'école (French language) No rating

Chagrin d'école

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Daniel Pennac: Signor Malaussène (Italian language, 1997)

Signor Malaussène

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Daniel Pennac: Comme Un Roman (Paperback, French language, 1995) No rating

Comme Un Roman

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Daniel Pennac: Ecco la storia (Italian language, 2003) No rating

Ecco la storia

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Daniel Pennac: Journal d'un corps (French language, 2012, Gallimard)

Journal d'un corps

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