Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Maurice Vandeweyer (21 February 1945 – 17 August 2021) was a Belgian comic book author and mathematician.[1] He also expressed interest in theatre in the region Template:Ill through chronicles and books. He also wrote about gastronomy.
Biography
Vandeweyer was a professor of mathematics. He closely followed regional cuisine, beer, and wine.[2] He participated in the radio show Gastronomiquement vôtre on Sky Rock and Nostalgie Wallonie. He also worked as a freelance journalist and a columnist for the newspaper L'Avenir.
Vandeweyer became a member of SABAM and began writing Contes et légendes de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse. He attributed many of his works to the legends of the Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region.[3] In 2002, he published Quand l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse se met à table. In 2008, he published Histoires de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse with Template:Ill.[4] In 2013, he wrote a book on Ivan Ivanof, a local Belgian personality and political refugee from Bulgaria.[5][6]
In 2012, Vandeweyer created a puppet theatre with Christophe Delire and Martine Jamin, called the Compagnie du Tradery.[7] For the first staging, he wrote the puppet show La Geste de Guillaume.[8]
Maurice Vandeweyer died in Couvin on 17 August 2021 at the age of 76.
Publications
Books
- Contes et légendes de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse (2000)
- Quand l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse se met à table (2002)
- Autres contes de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse (2004)
- Histoire de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse (2008)
- Ivan Ivanov, sa 25e heure (2013)
- Fernand Platbrood, l'Alter-Native, ça presse pour une énergie durable et équitable (2014)
- Balades entre châteaux et légendes (2020)
Comic books
- Le Comte à la houssette (1980)
- Landru (1987)
- Le Fraudeur Calteau (1990)
Theatre
- Le Bac (1989)
- La geste de Guillaume (2012)
- Djosèf et Françwès (2013)