Maurice Leblanc

Maurice Leblanc Maurice-marie-émile Leblanc (11 December 1864 - 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. Image File history File links Maurice_Leblanc_(Writer). ... Image File history File links Maurice_Leblanc_(Writer). ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Arsène Lupin is a fictional gentleman-thief character appearing in a series of novels by Maurice Leblanc. ... ... Vasily Livanov was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the Russian TV series. ...

Biography

Leblanc was born at Rouen in Normandy. After studying in several countries and dropping out of law school, he settled in Paris and began to write fiction, both short crime stories and longer novels; his novels, heavily influenced by writers like Gustave Flaubert and Guy de Maupassant, were critically admired but met with little commercial success. Location within France Rouen Cathedral The entrance to Rouen Cathedral Abbey church of Saint-Ouen, (chevet) in Rouen Rouen, medieval house Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France, and presently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. ... Flag of Normandy Mont Saint Michel is a historic pilgrimage site and a symbol of Normandy Normandy is a geographical region in northern France. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world Paris is Frances capital and largest city, straddling the river Seine in the north central part of the country. ... Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French novelist who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. ... Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (IPA: ) (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer. ...

Leblanc was largely considered little more than a writer of short stories for various French periodicals when the first Arsène Lupin story appeared in one of these publications in 1905. Clearly created under the influence of, and in reaction to, the wildly successful Sherlock Holmes stories of Conan Doyle, the roguish and glamorous Lupin was a surprise success and Leblanc's fame and fortune beckoned. He may even have been influnced by the now un-known writer Grant Allen, who was a friend and neighbour to the Doyle family. Allen also created a lovable rogue character much similar to Arsene Lupin in these years. It was the illustrious Cloney Clay. However, Allen dies in 1899, and by 1907 Leblanc had graduated to writing full-length Lupin novels, and the reviews and sales were so good that Leblanc effectively dedicated the rest of his career to working on the Lupin stories. Unlike Conan Doyle, who often appeared embarrassed or hindered by the success of Sherlock Holmes and seemed to regard his success in the field of crime fiction as a detraction from his more "respectable" literary ambitions, Leblanc does not appear to have tired of writing Lupin adventures, and continued to do so well into the 1930s. He was awarded the Legion d'Honneur for his services to literature, and died in Perpignan in 1941. Grant Allen (February 24, 1848 - October 25, 1899) was a scientific writer, author and novelist; an able upholder of the evolution doctrine and an expounder of Darwinism. ... French Legion of Honor The Légion dhonneur (Legion of Honor ( AmE) or Legion of Honour ( ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. ... Location within France Location within the Pyrénées-Orientales département Majorca Kings Palace in Perpignan Perpignan (French: Perpignan; Catalan Perpinyà) is a commune and the préfecture (administrative capital city) of the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southern France. ...

Selected bibliography

• Une femme (1893)
• Armelle et Claude (1897)
• Voici des ailes (1898)
• Les Lèvres jointes (1899)
• L’Enthousiasme (1901)
• Un vilain couple (1901)
• Gueule rouge (1904)
• 80 chevaux (1904)
• La Pitié, Play (1906)
• L’Aiguille creuse (The Hollow Needle) (1909)
• La Frontière (1911)
• La Robe d’écaille rose (1920)
• Le Formidable Événement (1921)
• Les trois yeux (1921)
• Le Cercle rouge (1922)
• Dorothée, danseuse de corde (1923)
• La Vie extravagante de Balthazar (1925)
• Le Prince de Jéricho (1930)
• Les Clefs mystérieuses (1932)
• La Forêt des aventures (1933)
• Le Chapelet rouge (1934)
• L’Image de la femme nue (1934)
• Le Scandale du gazon bleu (1935)
• De minuit à sept heures (1937)

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External links

• Works by Maurice Leblanc at Project Gutenberg