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

Comme Un Roman

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Daniel Pennac: Better than life (1994) No rating

Better than life

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Daniel Pennac: L'oeil du loup (French language, 1993, Presses Pocket) No rating

L'oeil du loup

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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: Au bonheur des ogres (French language, 1997)

Au bonheur des ogres

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Daniel Pennac: School blues (2010, Quercus) No rating

School blues

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