Marcel Grauls (74) has worked for more than thirty years as a journalist for the Belgian newspaper 'Het Belang van Limburg', initially as a foreign editor, later as editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief.
From 2000 to 2002 he wrote a weekly column about inventors for the VRT 1 radio program 'Boys & Science'.
He was a columnist for the Dutch magazine 'De Ingenieur' and the weekend magazine of the 'Algemeen Dagblad'. Since the end of 2011, he has been writing a weekly review of non-fiction books for 'Het Belang van Limburg' and a weekly column 'The word of the week'.
For the two categories, that is now each time just under 500 pieces.
Main books:
- 1980 – From the mouth of hell
Under the pseudonym H. Ter-Nedden - portraits of Latin American writers - 1991 – Bintje and Kalashnikov
Eponym dictionary - 1995 – Inventors of everyday life
2 parts - 1997 – The crowning glory of the brand
Portraits of brand makers - 1999 – Know who you eat
How famous figures ended up on the menu - 2000 – The inventors of everyday life
Nominated in the Netherlands for best popular science book of the year. - 2001 – My name is Haas
How historical figures ended up in the dictionary - 2003 – The Ferrari Horse and Other Automotive Biographies
The life stories of car builders - 2006 – Made in Japan
The people behind thirteen major Japanese brands - 2009 – Simply genius!
How 100 inventors came up with a great idea - 2010 – From Aspirin to Vitamin
The people behind inventions and discoveries from the nursing world
Published in Norwegian:
- 2001 – Kjenn dine pappenheimere!
Spartacus Forlag, Oslo. Pocket editions in 2004 and 2009 - 2005 – Crowns pa merket
Spartacus Forlag, Oslo. Pocket editions in 2005 and 2009
Published in Swedish:
- 2000 – 33 Uppfinningar som förändrat vara liv
Ordalaget Bokförlag. - 2003 – 33 Uppfinningar som förändrat vara liv
Ordalaget Bokförlag. Pocket edition. - 2001 – Bintje och Kalashnikov
Ordalaget Bokförlag - 2002 – Bintje och Kalashnikov
Ordalaget Bokförlag. Pocket edition. - 2012 – Kalashnikov, Don Juan and Barbie
Ordalaget Bokförlag
Published in French:
- 1994 – Les inventeurs de la vie quotidienne
2 parts
Published in German:
- 1999 – Lord Sandwich und Nellie Melba
Wie berühmte Persönlichkeiten auf der Speisekarte landeten, ed. Cable ,, Munich - 2001 – Lord Sandwich und Nellie Melba
Pocket edition in 2001 at Piper verlag, Munich