Jean Mahy
Carls Großvater · Archäologe und Kunsthistoriker · «Monsieur Randonnée» bei RTBF
Charline Mahys Vater. Archäologe und Kunsthistoriker von Ausbildung, Werkzeugexporteur von Beruf, Landesvermesser Belgiens aus Berufung. RTBF machte ihn zum «Monsieur Randonnée», dem Führer, der in «Sous les pavés, la plage» die Zuschauer auf Routen führte, die vor ihm niemand gesehen hatte. «Er hat zwei Hüte auf, einen für den Export, einen für das Wandern», schrieb Pourquoi Pas ? 1979.
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Lebenslauf
The key dates of Jean Mahy's journey, year by year.
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Ein Mann mit Wind in den Sohlen
"An odd fellow, there is no other word. This teenager in his sixties has wind in his soles." That is how Pourquoi Pas ? introduced Jean Mahy in September 1979, on the eve of his first RTBF broadcasts. For years he had been walking the country's thirty thousand square kilometres, discovering everything others had passed by without seeing.
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North Cape, August 1952: The Travel Notebook
A school copybook, eighteen pages in pen, and ten days on the road: from 1 to 10 August 1952, Jean Mahy drove alone from Brussels up towards the North Cape, through Holland, a Germany still in ruins, Denmark, southern Sweden, Lapland, Finland and finally Norway.
Kapitel öffnenRTBF, «Sous les pavés... la plage»
The archive films of the RTBF (Studio 4) series in which Jean Mahy, "Monsieur Randonnée", took viewers along the routes he had drawn up. Copies kept in the family archives.
Kapitel öffnenRTBF, «Les chemins racontent»
The archive films of the second RTBF (Studio 4) series devoted to Jean Mahy's walks. Copies kept in the family archives.
Kapitel öffnenSchwarz, Rot, Grün: Die Methode
The bohemian was a stickler for order. He filed, sorted, annotated maps, built up dossiers, expanded his documentation. His method came down to five steps he never departed from: plotting the route on the map, reading the encyclopaedic literature, listing the monuments and sites along the way, scouting on the ground with a recorder, then writing up the notes.
Kapitel öffnenMonsieur Randonnée, zuerst im Radio, dann im Fernsehen
As early as 1975 he was recounting his walks in the Pays des Collines and the Payottenland on "Point de mire", Gérard Valet's programme. Pierre De Greef turned this into a radio series following in Monsieur Randonnée's footsteps, whose success led to the idea of continuing on television.
Kapitel öffnenWas er weitergab
There is what is handed down through papers, and what is handed down without anyone noticing. Among the Mahys as among the De Rijcks, two generations later, the same gestures recur: go and see for yourself, take notes, sort, keep.
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Presseartikel zu diesem Porträt und zu Carls familiärem Erbe.
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