Daniel Pennac in Simard (71), Saône-et-Loire (71)

I've no clear idea why a school should name itself after the writer (often of children's books) Daniel Pennac, particularly in a village in Saône-et-Loire where he has no apparent associations. Maybe I'm missing something, but it's in any case unusual for a building to be named after a living person. No matter: Pennac wrote a book, Chagrins d'école, in which he mentions his scholarly problems, specifically dysorthography, the inability to write correctly. I also note that the school pupils have re-written their own version of Paul Éluard's poem 'La Liberté.' Interesting.