Maurice Leblanc
Maurice Leblanc (born November 11, 1864 in Rouen , † November 6, 1941 in Perpignan ) was a French writer .
Life
Maurice Leblanc was the son of a shipowner. His mother died in 1885. His sister was the singer and actress Georgette Leblanc (1869–1941). Against his father's wishes, he decided to go to Paris to write. At first he worked as a journalist , then as a novelist . He wrote crime and adventure novels , plays and short stories . His most famous fictional character is the master thief Arsène Lupine . Leblanc was possibly inspired by the anarchist Marius Jacob , who committed more than 150 break-ins and was sentenced to 23 years in prison for this. A representation that Maurice Leblanc always denied.
The writer was buried on the Cimetière Montparnasse in Paris. The Villa Leblancs is located in Étretat and now houses the publicly accessible museum Le Clos Arsène Lupine, Maison Maurice Leblanc .
Literary work
In 1905 the first story with Arsène Lupine appeared as a serial novel . The success was so great that Leblanc devoted the rest of his career almost entirely to the master thief. Between 1907 and 1935 he published 20 novels, two plays and several short stories about Arsène Lupine . In 2012 his novel Le dernier amour d'Arsène Lupine, written in 1936 but not yet published, was published : [roman inédit] , Paris: Balland, 2012, ISBN 978-2-35315-152-3 .
One of his most famous novels is The Island of 30 Coffins .
Awards
- Order of the Legion d'honneur for services to French literature
Filmography
- 1957: Arsène Lupine, the millionaire thief (Les aventures d'Arsène Lupine)
- 1979: The Castle of Cagliostro (Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro)
- 1979: The island of the 30 deaths (L'île aux trente cercueils)
- 2004: Arsène Lupine - The King Among Thieves (Arsène Lupine)
literature
- Jacques Derouard: Dans les pas de… Maurice Leblanc. Promenades littéraires avec Arsène Lupine . OREP, Cully 2010, ISBN 978-2-8151-0052-6 .
- Jacques Derouard: Maurice Leblanc. Arsène Lupine malgré lui . Séguier, Biarritz 2001, ISBN 2-84049-211-3 .
- Nadia Dhoukar: Étude du pouvoir de fascination du personnage principal dans le roman policier à partir des personnages "d'Arsène Lupine" de Maurice Leblanc, de " Jules Maigret " de Georges Simenon et de " Nestor Burma " de Léo Malet . Atelier Nationale, Lille 2006 (also dissertation, University of Paris 2006).
- Gérard Pouchain: Promenades en Normandie avec Maurice Leblanc et Arsène Lupine . Corlet, Condé-sur-Noireau 1991, ISBN 2-85480-354-X .
Web links
- Literature by and about Maurice Leblanc in the catalog of the German National Library
- Maurice Leblanc in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by Maurice Leblanc in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Works by and about Maurice Leblanc at Open Library
- Biblioweb: biography, bibliography (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arsène Lupine? Arsène Lupine: at Matthes & Seitz Berlin as of February 3, 2008
- ↑ Le Clos Arsène Lupine, Maison Maurice Leblanc in Étretat (French / English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leblanc, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French crime novel writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rouen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1941 |
| Place of death | Perpignan |