Marcel Thiry
- Category : 1897-births
- Type : MGE
- Profile : 1/3 - Investigating / Martyr
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Eden 1
Biography
Belgian French-speaking writer, best known as a poet, he was awarded the Prix Valery Larbaud in 1976 for Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver, a book of poems reminiscent of Blaise Cendrars and Guillaume Apollinaire. He also wrote novels, short stories and essays.
During World War I, he and his brother Oscar served in the Belgian Expeditionary Corps in Russia. He is the father of virologist Lise Thiry. He died on 5 September 1977 at age 80 in Vaux-sous-Chêvremont, Belgium.