- Marnix Gijsen was born on October 20, 1899 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. He was a writer and actor, known for Mijn vriend de moordenaar (1980), De nachttrein naar Savannah Georgia (1976) and Klaaglied om Agnes (1975). He died on September 29, 1984 in Lubbeek, Flanders, Belgium.
- From 1928 until 1933, he was a civil servant at the municipal authorities of Antwerp, including principal private secretary of the mayor of Antwerp (1928-1932). Subsequently he worked at the civil service in Brussels from 1932 to 1939, where he was Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Economics from 1932 until 1937, and from 1939 up to 1941 he was Commissioner-General for tourism.
- From 1942 until 1964, he lived in New York (United States) as Belgian commissioner for information and in addition he was plenipotentiary minister.
- His literary work was awarded the Belgian national prize for literature in 1959, and 1969 and the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren in 1974. In 1975, he was knighted and became a Baron.
- He went on to study at the University of Freiburg, Paris (Sorbonne) and London (London School of Economics).
- He was a Belgian writer. His real name was Joannes Alphonsius Albertus Goris, his pseudonym relates to Marnix van Sint Aldegonde and the surname of his mother .
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