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Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (/ l ə ˈ b l ɑː n /; French:; 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 Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.
Complete order of Maurice Leblanc books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Maurice Leblanc, de son nom complet Marie Émile Maurice Leblanc, est un romancier français né le 11 décembre 1864 [1] à Rouen et mort le 6 novembre 1941 à Perpignan. Auteur de nombreux romans policiers et d’aventures, il est le créateur du célèbre gentleman-cambrioleur Arsène Lupin.
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Maurice Leblanc (born December 11, 1864, Rouen, France—died November 6, 1941, Perpignan) was a French author and journalist best known as the creator of the fictional character Arsène Lupin, a French gentleman-thief turned detective. Leblanc abandoned his law studies to become a pulp fiction writer.
The protagonist utilizes Arsène as his initial persona and also resides in the attic of a café named Leblanc, a reference to Maurice Leblanc. Similarly to Arsène, the protagonist is also a phantom thief who fights for good on the wrong side of the law.
Maurice Leblanc (1864 - 1941) was a French novelist, best known as the creator of gentleman thief (later detective) Arsène Lupin. Leblanc began as a journalist, until he was asked to write a short story filler, and created, more gallant and dashing than English counterpart Sherlock Holmes.
The suave adventures of a gentleman rogue—a French Thomas Crown Created by Maurice LeBlanc during the early twentieth century, Arsene Lupin is a witty confidence man and burglar, the Sherlock Holmes of crime.
