Editing Marcel Achard (section)

{{Short description|French writer (1899–1974)}}
{{Infobox writer
|image         = Achard_Harcourt_1936.jpg
|caption       = Achard in 1936
|genre         = plays and screenplays
|birth_name    = Marcel-Auguste Ferréol
|birth_date    = 5 July 1899
|birth_place   = [[Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon]], France
|death_date    = {{d-da|4 September 1974|5 July 1899}}
|death_place   = [[Paris]], France
|awards        = [[Académie française]]
}}
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'''Marcel Achard''' (5 July 1899 &ndash; 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies<ref name="Gp3">[[#GP3|Garzanti p. 3]]</ref> maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades.<ref>[[#NYT|New York Times]]</ref> He was elected to the [[Académie française]] in 1959.