Henri vernes biography

Biography.
Henri Vernes was born on October 16, 1918 in Ath, Belgium.
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Henri Verne

French art historian (1880–1949)

Not to be confused with Henri Vernes (1918-2021), the Belgian novelist

Henri Jean François Joseph Verne (21 September 1880, Cannes – 11 February 1949, Paris) was a French museum director and curator.

Biography

He held degrees in literature and law. In 1906, he became a document editor at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. From 1911 to 1939, he worked for the Secretariat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, originally as an editor then, from 1915, as head of the Secretariat. He was named a Knight in the Legion of Honor in 1921.^[1]

In 1925, he was appointed Director of the Musées Nationaux (Musée du Louvre, Musée du Luxembourg, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, and the Château de Versailles). The following year, he drafted a plan for reorganizing the collections at the Louvre, and modernizing the museum; known as "Le plan Verne". It primarily involved categorizing and displaying the collection by styles and periods. This included sending the Louvre's Far Eastern art to the Musée Guimet, in exchange for their Eg

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Career, biography and origin of Henri Vernes

Henri Vernes, whose real name is Charles-Henri Dewisme, is a Belgian celebrity recognized mainly for his contribution to the world of adventure literature. Born October 16, 1918 in Ath, Belgium, he is best known as the author and creator of the series of adventure novels entitled “Bob Morane”. The character of Bob Morane, an intrepid and charismatic adventurer, has become iconic and has captivated generations of readers around the world. The success of the Bob Morane series is undeniable, with more than two hundred novels published since the first volume appeared in 1953. Bob Morane’s stories transport readers on exotic and thrilling adventures, ranging from the jungles of Africa to the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas.

In addition to his talents as a writer, Henri Vernes is also passionate about travel. His personal experiences and encounters influenced his work and gave a realistic and authentic dimension to his novels. He has also worked in other artistic fields such as comics, television and cinema. Beyond his

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Henri Vernes, the creator of Bob Morane

Author, personality, strong professional conscience. And the pleasure of telling stories... popular literature was never found wanting in all the novels he wrote, which undeniably form a magnificent body of work today!

Charles-Henri Dewisme, alias Henri Vernes, was born on 16 October 1918 in Ath, but spent his youth in the home of his grandparents in Tournai. He abandoned his studies at the age of 19 and fled to China for six months. During the Second World War, he worked as an agent for the British intelligence services. In 1944, he published his first book, La Porte Ouverte (The Open Door), while working as a professional journalist for the American agency Overseas and for French daily newspapers.

A few years later, in 1953, he created the character of Bob Morane. Morane, born on 16 October like Henri Vernes, was eternally 33 years old, a Frenchman with a skeletal face, grey eyes, hair clipped very short and an athletic build. He was an orphan who had been brought up by an old aunt in Brittany. He was a Spitfire pilot and Battle of Bri