Thierry Martens

Belgian short story writer and comic

Thierry Martens
Born	(1942-01-29)29 January 1942 Louvain
Died	27 June 2011(2011-06-27) (aged 69) Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
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.

Career

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]

Works

Sci-fi novels

Les Gadgets de l'Apocalypse (1978)
Les Tueurs de l'Ordre (1980)
Tuez les Tous (1980)

Non-fiction studies

Introduction to the Belgian re-edition (in French language) of the Lord Lister German novels - Claude Lefrancq Editeur Brussels 1995 (Vol.I) 1996 (Vol.II)

Holmesian novels

Le Requin de la Tamise Lefrancq coll. En Poche, Paris 1997
le Tueur dans le Fog
Le Secret de l'Ile au Chien
Les Meurtres du Titanic Lefrancq coll. En Poche, Paris 1998
L'otage de Fraulein Doktor
Sherlock Holmes et les Fantômes anthology (Fleuve noir 1999)

Anthologies

Sherlock Holmes revient : an anthology of six German anonymous short stories (translated into French) originally published between 1907 and 1911. Introduction authored by editor/translator. (1996, éditions Fleuve Noir, collection Super Poche n° 27)

Notes

^ c.f. the introduction to the mentioned Lord Lister's anthology and "Sherlock Holmes revient" in the bibliography section
^ See his introduction and foreword as editor of the Belgian re-edition of the Lord Lister short stories
^ The Belgian fantasy literature ^{[permanent dead link]}