Maurice Leblanc(1864-1941)
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Maurice Leblanc was a prolific French author born in Rouen on November
11, 1864. He had studied law, but abandoned that for a career in
writing. He initially wrote for various periodicals, with "Une Femme"
being his first published work in 1887. He gained fame in France and
abroad after starting his Arsène Lupin series of novels. Lupin was a
gentleman-thief who was a master of disguise and made his first
appearance in 1905 in "L'arrestation d'Arséne Lupin". In 1908 LeBlanc
pitted Lupin against Sherlock Holmes in "Arsène Lupin Versus Holmlock
Shears". Leblanc would eventually produce 20 volumes worth of Lupin's
adventures. On November 6, 1941, Leblanc died in Perpignan, France, at
the age of 76.
