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Georges Ducrocq
1874–1927
An adventurous French writer and explorer, Georges Ducrocq turned journeys through Korea, Mongolia, China, Persia, and the Russian Empire into vivid travel books and poetry. His work blends curiosity about distant cultures with a strong attachment to France and Lorraine.
2 Audiobooks
Du Kremlin au Pacifique
by Georges Ducrocq
Pauvre et douce Corée
by Georges Ducrocq
About the author
Born in Lille in 1874, Georges Ducrocq was an explorer, writer, poet, and diplomat. A member of the Société de géographie de Paris, he traveled through the Caucasus and Russian Turkestan in 1899, then crossed Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, China, and Korea in 1901 with Louis Marin. These journeys inspired books including Pauvre et douce Corée and Du Kremlin au Pacifique.
Ducrocq also founded the journals L’Austrasie and Les Marches de l’Est, and wrote poetry, fiction, and works on Alsace-Lorraine. His 1910 book La Blessure mal fermée received the Académie française’s Prix Jules-Davaine in 1912. After serving in the First World War, he became a military attaché in Tehran and later worked in Syria before returning to journalism. He died in 1927.