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- Birth nameFrans Vermetten
- Jeroom Verten was born on May 4, 1909 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. Jeroom was a writer, known for Wat doen we met de liefde? (1957), De wonderdokter (1936) and Het geluk komt morgen (1958). Jeroom died on May 16, 1958 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium.
- His first name is said to have inspired cartoonist Willy Vandersteen to create the character Jerom in the Suske en Wiske (Spike and Suzy) series.
- Verten was not only an author but also the operator of Argusfilms. He also wrote the scripts for the films he produced, including De Wonderdokter (1936) and Het Geluk komt Morgen (1958). He was also the author of several humorous novels such as "Het gaat ons goed", "Wij waren geen helden", "Wat doen we met de liefde?" (filmed in 1957) and "De rode pruik".
- Jeroom Verten was the pseudonym of the Flemish playwright Frans Pieter Jozef (Jef) Vermetten.
- He is best known as the author of the comedy series Slisse & Cesar. Which was first broadcast on the then BRT (Slisse & Cesar) and later on the commercial channel VTM (Slisse & Cesar).
- The pseudonym Jeroom Verten is said to have been inspired by (and intended as a tribute to) the British humorous author Jerome K. Jerome (Three men in a boat, Three men on the bummel).
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