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- Birth nameHerman Thiery
- Johan Daisne was born on September 2, 1912 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium. He was a writer, known for One Night... a Train (1968), The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1965) and De Geboorte (1968). He was married to Marthe Kinaupenne and Polly van Dyck. He died on August 9, 1978 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium.
- SpousesMarthe Kinaupenne(1957 - August 9, 1978) (his death)Polly van Dyck(November 18, 1944 - 1954) (divorced, 1 child)
- His widow told that he was a man of the night ." You could one or maybe two evenings take him off of that schedule, but the third night there was no possibility stopping him: he had to write. ".
- His quadrilingual 'Filmografisch lexicon der wereldliteratuur' (3 volumes, 1971, 1973 and 1978) developed from his association with the Knokke film festival.
- Almost all of his novels were translated into many European languages.
- Herman Thiery began writing under the pen-name Johan Daisne in 1935, with the publication of a collection of poetry entitled 'Verzen'.
- Together with Hubert Lampo, he was one of the pioneers of magic realism in the Dutch language.
- Dreams: psychic bowel movements
- Every language is beautiful to those who can listen. For in every language sings the thought of a people and the soul of a man, and that music is universal.
- Friendship gives eyes to distance and a voice to silence.
- Who gives only what he has too much is not worth living.
- The rich need a hundred roses for a drop of perfume. That's luxury. True happiness lies in gathering thorns and finding a rose.
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