Hergé

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Hergé

Hergé AKA Georges Prosper Rémi

Born: 23-May-1907
Birthplace: Etterbeek, Belgium
Died: 3-Mar-1983
Location of death: Brussels, Belgium [1]
Cause of death: Respiratory failure
Remains: Buried, Uccle Cemetery, Brussels, Belgium

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Cartoonist

Nationality: Belgium
Executive summary: Tintin

Military service: Reserve Lieutenant (Belgian Army, WWII)

Derived his pseudonym from the phonetic pronunciation of his initials.

[1] Saint-Luc University Clinic, Brussels, Belgium.

Father: Alexis Remi
Mother: Elisabeth Dufour Remi
Wife: Germaine Kieckens (m. 20-Jul-1932, div. 28-Mar-1977)
Wife: Fanny Vlaminch (mistress beginning 1950s, m. 20-May-1977)

Nervous Breakdown 1949

Author of books:
Tintin au pays des Soviets (1930, comics, trans. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets)
Tintin au Congo (1931, comics, trans. Tintin in the Congo)
Tintin en Amérique (1932, comics, trans. Tintin in America)
Les Cigares du pharaon (1934, comics, trans. Cigars of the Pharaoh)
Le Lotus bleu (1936, comics, trans. The Blue Lotus)
L'Oreille cassée (937, comics, trans. The Broken Ear)
L'Ile Noire (1938, comics, trans. The Black Island)
Le Sceptre d'Ottokar (1939, comics, trans. King Ottokar's Sceptre)
Le Crabe aux pinces d'or (1941, comics, trans. The Crab with the Golden Claws)
L'Étoile mystérieuse (1942, comics, trans. The Shooting Star)
Le Secret de la Licorne (1943, comics, trans. The Secret of the Unicorn)
Le Trésor de Racham le Rouge (1944, comics, trans. Red Rackham's Treasure)
Les Sept Boules de cristal (1948, comics, trans. The Seven Crystal Balls)
Le Temple du Soleil (1949, comics, trans. Prisoners of the Sun)
Tintin au pays de l'or noir (1950, comics, trans. Land of Black Gold)
Objectif Lune (1953, comics, trans. Destination Moon)
On a marché sur la Lune (1954, comics, trans. Explorers on the Moon )
L'Affaire Tournesol (1956, comics, trans. The Calculus Affair)
Coke en stoke (1958, comics, trans. The Red Sea Sharks)
Tintin au Tibet (1960, comics, trans. Tintin in Tibet)
Les Bijoux de la Castafiore (1963, comics, trans. The Castafiore Emerald)
Vol 714 pour Sydney (1969, comics, trans. Flight 714)
Tintin et les Picaros (1974, comics, trans. Tintin and the Picaros)
Tintin et L'Alph-Art (1986, comics, unfinished, trans. Tintin and alph-art)

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