Gaston Durnez

Gaston Cyriel Durnez (9 September 1928 – 22 November 2019) was a Flemish columnist, journalist and writer. He worked for the newspaper De Standaard, writing several humorous-satirical columns, and was one of the founders of the ''Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging''. He was also the writer of ''De Geschiedenis van Sleenovia'' (1965), a comic strip by Willy Vandersteen and Edward De Rop, featuring characters from Marc Sleen's ''The Adventures of Nero'', which was subject of a fierce copyright battle between the newspapers ''De Standaard'' and ''Het Volk''. Provided by Wikipedia