Maurice Ourry

Maurice Ourry
Portrait of Maurice Ourry by Lhéritier
Born	Bruyères-le-Châtel 19 October 1776
Died	19 February 1843(1843-02-19) (aged 66) Paris
Occupation(s)	Playwright, journalist, poet

Maurice Ourry (19 October 1776 – 19 February 1843) was a French poet, playwright and journalist.

After his studies at the College of Juilly, he moved to Paris in 1794. His career was launched with his first vaudeville, La Danse interrompue, which obtained an important success. But the plays that followed, even if numerous, would not equal the success of the first.

An editor by the Journal des arts and the Journal de Paris of which he became chief editor, after the cessation of the newspaper, he founded the Nouveau journal de Paris, solely dedicated to the arts and literature. He also participated to the 'Encyclopédie des gens du monde and to the Dictionnaire de la conversation.

His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté.

A member of the Caveau Moderne [fr] and the Soupers de Momus, seriously ill, he died from an operation in 1843.

• Louis Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne, 1860, (p. 512)
• Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, 1884
• Lieven d'Hulst, Cent ans de théorie française de la traduction, 1990, (p. 187)

• Croix de la Légion d'honneur (1827)