Arsène Lupin
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fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created by French writer Maurice Leblanc
Key facts
- First appearance
- " The Arrest of Arsène Lupin " (1905)
- Created by
- Maurice Leblanc
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Gentleman Thief
- Family
- Theophraste Lupin (father, deceased), Henriette D'Andresy (mother, deceased)
- Spouse
- Clarice d'Etigues (deceased)
- Children
- Jean (by Clarice d'Etigues), Genevieve (unknown mother), the heir of Borostyria (by Queen Olga), Josephin and Marie-Therese (by Angelique la Cloche)
- Nationality
- French
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Wikidata facts
- Given name
- Arsène
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Occupation
- thief
- Languages spoken
- French
- Based on
- Marius Jacob
- Creator
- Maurice Leblanc
- Performer
- Omar Sy
- Image
- Arsene Lupin art Pierre La Fit.png
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- present in work
- Arsène Lupin
- name in native language
- Arsène Lupin
- date of birth
- 1874-00-00
- place of detention
- La Santé Prison
- Commons category
- Arsène Lupin
- topic's main category
- Category:Arsène Lupin
- pseudonym
- Raoul d’Andrésy
- nickname
- Raoul d'Andrésy
- character type
- gentleman thief
- different from
- Arsène Lupin
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Encyclopedic overview
Arsène Lupin ( French: [aʁsɛn lypɛ̃]) is a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc. The character was first introduced in a series of short stories serialized in the magazine Je sais tout. The first story, "The Arrest of Arsène Lupin", was published on 15 July 1905. Lupin is often described as the criminal counterpart to Sherlock Holmes, often encountering "Herlock Sholmès" in his own adventures.
The character has also appeared in a number of books by other writers as well as numerous films, stage plays, comic books and television adaptations.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arsène Lupin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.