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Jef Geeraerts (Jozef Adriaan Anna Geeraerts) was born on 23 February, 1930 in Antwerp, Belgium, is a Belgian writer. Discover Jef Geeraerts's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?
| Popular As |
Jozef Adriaan Anna Geeraerts |
| Occupation |
writer,actor |
| Age |
85 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces |
| Born |
23 February, 1930 |
| Birthday |
23 February |
| Birthplace |
Antwerp, Belgium |
| Date of death |
11 May, 2015 |
| Died Place |
Ghent, Belgium |
| Nationality |
Belgium
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Jef Geeraerts Height, Weight & Measurements
At 85 years old, Jef Geeraerts height not available right now. We will update Jef Geeraerts's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
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| Hair Color |
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Who Is Jef Geeraerts's Wife?
His wife is Eleonore Vigenon
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Eleonore Vigenon |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Jef Geeraerts Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jef Geeraerts worth at the age of 85 years old? Jef Geeraerts’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from Belgium. We have estimated Jef Geeraerts's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Writer |
Jef Geeraerts Social Network
Timeline
Jozef Adriaan Anna Geeraerts (23 February 1930 – 11 May 2015), better known as Jef Geeraerts, was a Belgian writer.
Geeraerts was born in Antwerp.
After his studies in political and administrative sciences at the Colonial University of Belgium in Antwerp he became a colonial administrator in Belgian Congo.
On the independence of the Congo he sent his wife and children back to Belgium and in August 1960 he himself returned to Belgium.
During the next six years he was paid by the government (return program).
After that time he needed to find a job to survive.
He decided to become a writer and went to the University of Brussels to study Germanic languages.
When he had finished his studies he wrote his first novel, Ik ben maar een neger ("I'm just a negro"), which put him on the map as extremely controversial.
The book was based on his experience as military in the Congo.
He wrote more of these politically motivated colonial books before he started his Gangreen series.
There are four parts, Gangreen 1 (Black Venus), Gangreen 2 (De Goede Moordenaar), Gangreen 3 (Het Teken van de Hond) and Gangreen 4 (Het Zevende Zegel).
These books were sexually explicit, which led to controversy in Belgium.
His books were considered by some to be racist and pornographic.
Geeraerts later became famous for his detective stories.
Nowadays, he is a celebrated crime-novelist and several of his books (De zaak Alzheimer and Dossier K) have been filmed.
In total Geeraerts wrote 35 novels, some plays and a radio drama.
Two of his books were used for a film.
Geeraerts has three children from his first marriage, among these his daughter Ilse.
In 1978, he married Eleonore Vigenon.
In the last years of his life he lived in Baarle (Drongen), part of Ghent.
The main-belt asteroid 13027 Geeraerts (1989 GJ4) discovered on 3 April 1989 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory was named after Jef Geeraerts.
He died from a heart attack in Ghent in May 2015.
The town of Antwerp mounted a memory plate on the birth house of Geeraerts.
In addition, the town bought his handwritten archive for conservation.
