An Original Handwritten and Signed Card by French Writer Marcel Paul Magnolia. Dated 1956. Marcel Paul Pagnol 1895 – 1974 was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for the fact that he excelled in almost every medium—memoir, novel, drama and film.. Size is 115mm x 75mm. Condition is good. From the collection of autograph collector Peter Bland.