Maurice Garçon

Maurice Garçon, born November 25, 1889 in Lille and died December 29, 1967 in Paris, is a French lawyer, essayist, lyricist, novelist, polygraphist and historian.
He is best known for having defended a large number of causes, both literary and criminal, notably those of René Hardy, Georges Arnaud, Jean Genet and Jean-Jacques Pauvert.

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Resources

Response to Jean Paulhan's reception speech

The Sade Affair
Exact account of the trial brought by the Public Prosecutor's Office published by Jean-Jacques Pauvert, by Maurice Garçon, with contributions from Georges Bataille, André Breton, Jean Cocteau, Jean Paulhan.

Sade and censorship, L'Express 1957
Master Maurice Garçon and Jean Paulhan discuss Sade, whose publisher is facing censorship.