Arnould Galopin

Born in Marbeuf, Normandy, on February 9, 1863, Arnould Galopin became a French novelist and journalist known for an impressively large body of work. He wrote in several popular genres, including adventure fiction, detective stories, and early science fiction, and is often remembered as one of those energetic writers who could keep readers turning pages from one installment to the next.

Galopin published more than 50 novels, and some sources describe his overall output as much larger when serials and shorter works are included. During and after the First World War, he also wrote books drawn from wartime experience. His novel Sur le Front de Mer received a major prize from the Académie française, showing that his career was not limited to mass-market entertainment alone.

He died in Paris on December 9, 1934. Today, he remains an interesting figure in French popular literature: a versatile writer whose novels connect the worlds of feuilleton adventure, mystery, speculative fiction, and war writing.