Maurice Tranchant de Lunel
Maurice Tranchant de Lunel, was a 20th-century French architect and writer.Biography
An architect of historical monuments in Morocco, Maurice Tranchant de Lunel was the designer of the Grand Mosque of Paris.
In 1912, he was appointed director of the Department of Antiquities, fine art and historic monuments of the French protectorate in Morocco by Lyautey. His mission was to preserve Moroccan monuments and establish a ranking list of historical monuments in Morocco.
From 1920 to 1923, he was inspector of fine arts, antiques, monuments and architect of the Protectorate of Morocco.
He was also a painter, illustrator and writer.Selected publications
- 1924:
- 1931:
- 1933: Je jongle avec les chiffres
- 1936: Chansons des quatre saisons
- 1939: La princesse des Baux, légende radiophonique en 4 tableaux avec les anciennes chansons provençales
- 1939: Baba-Yaga, conte radiophonique adaptation d'un conte populaire russe
- 1944: L'alphabet de la famille
- 1945: Petits métiers pour les enfants sages qui deviendront grands
- 1945: Les chansons de l'herbe et de la rosée
- 1945: Vacances en petits morceaux
- 1947: Petite géographie: pour les enfants sages'
- 1954: Un Bouquet de proverbes pour les douze mois de l'an 1954''
