Marianne Van Hirtum
Marianne Van Hirtum was a Belgian author writing in the French language, connected with the surrealist movement.
She was born in Namur, the daughter of Louis Van Hirtum, a doctor at a psychiatric hospital.
Van Hirtum met André Breton in 1959, the same year in which she participated in the International Surrealist Exhibition in Paris. She died in Paris, aged 52.