author
Maurice Larrouy
1882–1939
Drawn from a life at sea, his novels and travel writing brought a sailor’s eye for adventure and detail to early 20th-century French literature. He also wrote under the pen name René Milan.
3 Audiobooks
Vagabonds of the sea : The campaign of a French cruiser
by Maurice Larrouy
L'odyssée d'un transport torpillé
by Maurice Larrouy
The odyssey of a torpedoed tramp
by Maurice Larrouy
About the author
Born in Oran on June 9, 1882, Maurice Larrouy became both a French naval officer and a writer. He entered the École Navale in 1901, qualified as a naval officer in 1903, and later earned certification as an English interpreter, experiences that helped shape the strong maritime flavor of his writing.
Larrouy is often associated with the pen name René Milan. His books drew on seafaring life, travel, and military experience, giving his fiction and nonfiction a direct, lived-in quality that set him apart from purely deskbound writers.
He died in Meung-sur-Loire on July 18, 1939. Though not widely known today, he remains an interesting figure for readers who enjoy French writing rooted in ships, voyages, and the world of the navy.