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

Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 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 Académie française. Although his work is less fashionabl ...

(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 ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...

, 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 hillsid ...

, about ten kilometres (six miles) away. The four volumes in order are '' La Gloire de mon père'' ("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 with ...

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My Father's Glory ''My Father's Glory'' (french: La Gloire de mon père) 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 ba ...

(1990) *

My Mother's Castle ''My Mother's Castle'' (french: Le Château de ma mère) is a 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 film ma ...

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