Thomas Owen (writer) explained

Birth Date:22 July 1910
Birth Place:Leuven, Belgium
Death Place:Brussels, Belgium
Occupation:Writer
Language:French
Nationality:Belgian
Genre:Weird
Fantasy
Fantastique
Movement:Belgium Weird

Thomas Owen (real name Gérald Bertot) is often credited with Jean Ray and Franz Hellens as a pillar of Belgium weird fiction and as part of the golden age of Belgium fantastique fiction.[1] He wrote over 300 short stories in his lifetime, most being either fantasy or weird fiction.[2]

Biography

Thomas Owen started as an author of detective fiction but switched to the fantastique with 1942's l’Initiation à la Peur. Eventually he became close friends with one of the founders of the Belgian school of the strange, Jean Ray. They remained close friends until Ray's death in 1964.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gauvin. Edward. Jean Muno's Unusual Tales. 27 January 2014 . 7 June 2014.
  2. Web site: Gauvin. Edward. An Accounting by Thomas Owen. 17 September 2012 . 7 June 2014.