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Thierry Martens | |
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Died | 27 June 2011 | (aged 69)
Nationality | Belgian |
Other names | Yves Varende |
Thierry Martens (29 January 1942 – 27 June 2011) was a Belgian author who wrote science fiction, detective novels, short stories and comics under the pen name Yves Varende.
Martens was the editor of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou between 1968 and 1977. He published several highly documented anthologies [1] and studies about popular " Holmesian-style" French-language crime novels of the early twentieth century. [2] Martens also authored some dark Holmesian pastiches in French as well as super-science novels. [3]
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Thierry Martens | |
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Born | |
Died | 27 June 2011 | (aged 69)
Nationality | Belgian |
Other names | Yves Varende |
Thierry Martens (29 January 1942 – 27 June 2011) was a Belgian author who wrote science fiction, detective novels, short stories and comics under the pen name Yves Varende.
Martens was the editor of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou between 1968 and 1977. He published several highly documented anthologies [1] and studies about popular " Holmesian-style" French-language crime novels of the early twentieth century. [2] Martens also authored some dark Holmesian pastiches in French as well as super-science novels. [3]