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- Birth nameCharles-Henri-Jean Dewisme
- Henri Vernes was born on October 16, 1918 in Ath, Belgium. He was a writer, known for Bob Morane (1964), Bob Morane (1998) and L'espion aux cent visages (1961). He was married to Gilberte. He died on July 25, 2021 in Brussels, Belgium.
- SpouseGilberte(1938 - 1941) (divorced)
- Also a journalist.
- Created the character of Bob Morane in 1953 with the first episode of his series of novels (then comic books) 'La Vallée Infernale' (released on December 16, 1953).
- He was a secret agent during WWII and he used numerous pseudonyms.
- He published over 200 titles in the action and science-fiction genre.
- In 1946 he moved to Paris and wrote for a while for an American news agency and French newspapers. Still, he continued writing novels. In 1949 he published La Belle Nuit pour un Homme Mort (Good Night for a Dead Man), and moved back to Belgium.
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