''Souvenirs d'enfance'' (; "Souvenirs of infancy", "Childhood memories") is a series of autobiographical novels by French filmmaker and ''académicien'',

Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (, also ; ; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the . Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's ...

(1895–1974).''Books and Writers'' ''Souvenirs d'enfance'' comprises four volumes covering the years from his birth in 1895 to about 1910, which were spent in

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

, with family summer holidays in

La Treille La Treille () is a ''quartier'' on the outskirts of the 11th ''arrondissement'' of Marseille, in the Department of Bouches-du-Rhône, France. It has approximately 900 inhabitants. At the centre of the ''quartier'' is the seventeenth century hill ...

, about ten kilometres (six miles) away. The four volumes in order are ''

La Gloire de mon père ''My Father's Glory'' (, ) is a 1957 autobiographical novel by Marcel Pagnol. Its sequel is '' My Mother's Castle''. It is the first of four volumes in Pagnol's '' Souvenirs d'enfance'' series. It is also a 1990 film based on the novel, and direc ...

'' ("My Father's Glory"); '' Le Château de ma mère'' ("My Mother's Castle"); '' Le Temps des secrets'' ("The Time of Secrets"); and '' Le Temps des amours'' ("The Time of Love"). The first two were published in 1957, the third in 1960, and the fourth, which was unfinished, was published posthumously in 1977. The first two were made into films, directed by

Yves Robert Yves Robert (; 19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Life and career Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting w ...

Notes and references

Filmography

* My Father's Glory (1990) *

My Mother's Castle ''My Mother's Castle'' (, ) is a 1957 in literature, 1957 autobiographical novel by Marcel Pagnol, the second in the four-volume series ''Souvenirs d'enfance'' and the sequel to ''My Father's Glory''. It was the subject of a My Mother's Castl ...

(1990) 1957 French novels 1960 French novels 1977 French novels 20th-century French novels French autobiographical novels Marcel Pagnol Novels published posthumously Novel series French novels adapted into films {{1970s-novel-stub