Daniel Pennac is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay Chagrin d'�cole. After studying in Nice he became a teacher. He began to write for children and then wrote his book series ?La Saga Malauss�ne?, that tells the story of Benjamin Malauss�ne, a scapegoat, and his family in Belleville, Paris. In a 1997 piece for Le Monde, Pennac stated that Malauss�ne's youngest brother, Petit, was the son of Jerome Charyn's New York detective Isaac Sidel. His writing style can be humorous and imaginative like in ?La Saga Malauss�ne?, but he can also write ?Comme un roman?, a pedagogic essay. His Comic D�bauche, written jointly with Jacques Tardi, treats the topic of unemployment, revealing his social preoccupations. 

December 1st, 1944 in Casablanca (Age 79)