Maurice Larrouy (writer)

[2] An officier of the Légion d’honneur and holder of the Croix de guerre 1914–1918, he married in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris Denise Decori on 20 December 1916, the daughter of Félix Decori [fr] (1860–1915), a lawyer, secretary general of the Presidency of the Republic (1914), in the presence of president Raymond Poincaré, Louis Barthou, Alfred Capus of the Académie française, witnesses of the bride, and Pierre Mille [fr], his best man.

At the beginning of the 20th century, he published maritime and exotic novels, some of which were somewhat successful such as L'Odyssée d'un transport torpillé (Prix Femina 1917) or Coup de roulis.

These books were written in the spirit of other naval officers, like Pierre Loti, Claude Farrère or Paul Chack.

He presented himself at the Académie française on 24 May 1934 and obtained 2 votes against 9 to Edmond Jaloux and 24 to Maurice de Broglie, who was elected.

Bibliophiles know that he signed a large number of copies of the print run of the original edition of his books.