Henri Vernes

Charles-Henri Dewisme aka Henri Vernes (born October 16, 1918 in Ath ) is a Belgian writer and comic book author .

Career

After dropping out of his studies, Charles-Henri Dewisme went to China for a short time. On his return he worked in the field of writing and was able to publish his first novel in 1944. After the war he worked as a freelance journalist in French-speaking countries.

At the request of Jean-Jacques Schellens, the publisher of Marabout, he created the fictional character Bob Morane in 1953 under his stage name Henri Vernes . In the Belgian women's magazine Femmes d'Aujourd'hui there was a long-term collaboration with the illustrator Dino Attanasio .

Works

A l'assaut de l'Everest (1954–1955)
Fawcett, le naufragé de la forêt vierge (1956–1957)
Sir Francis Drake, l'aigle des mers (1957-1958)
Bob Morane (1959-2012)
Karga (1976)

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Vernes, Henri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dewisme, Charles-Henri (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian writer and comic book author
DATE OF BIRTH	October 16, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ath

[1] Henri Vernes on bedetheque.com (French)

[2] Henri Vernes on actuabd.com (French)

[3] A l'assaut de l'Everest in Femme d'Aujourd'hui on pressibus.org (French)

[4] Fawcett, le naufragé de la forêt vierge in Femme d'Aujourd'hui on pressibus.org (French)

[5] Sir Francis Drake, l'aigle des mers in Femme d'Aujourd'hui on pressibus.org (French)