Maurice Vandeweyer

Vandeweyer was a professor of mathematics. He closely followed regional cuisine, beer, and wine.^[2] He participated in the radio show Gastronomiquement vôtre on Sky Rock and Nostalgie Wallonie. He also worked as a freelance journalist and a columnist for the newspaper L'Avenir.

Vandeweyer became a member of SABAM and began writing Contes et légendes de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse. He attributed many of his works to the legends of the Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region.^[3] In 2002, he published Quand l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse se met à table. In 2008, he published Histoires de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse with Éditions Racine [fr].^[4] In 2013, he wrote a book on Ivan Ivanof, a local Belgian personality and political refugee from Bulgaria.^[5][6]

In 2012, Vandeweyer created a puppet theatre with Christophe Delire and Martine Jamin, called the Compagnie du Tradery.^[7] For the first staging, he wrote the puppet show La Geste de Guillaume.^[8]

Maurice Vandeweyer died in Couvin on 17 August 2021 at the age of 76.

• Contes et légendes de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse (2000)
• Quand l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse se met à table (2002)
• Autres contes de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse (2004)
• Histoire de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse (2008)
• Ivan Ivanov, sa 25e heure (2013)
• Fernand Platbrood, l'Alter-Native, ça presse pour une énergie durable et équitable (2014)
• Balades entre châteaux et légendes (2020)

• Le Comte à la houssette (1980)
• Landru (1987)
• Le Fraudeur Calteau (1990)

• Le Bac (1989)
• La geste de Guillaume (2012)
• Djosèf et Françwès (2013)