Vandeweyer was a professor of mathematics. He closely followed regional cuisine, beer, and wine. He participated in the radio show
Gastronomiquement vôtre on Sky Rock and
Nostalgie Wallonie. He also worked as a freelance journalist and a columnist for the newspaper ''
L'Avenir''. Vandeweyer became a member of
SABAM and began writing ''Contes et légendes de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse
. He attributed many of his works to the legends of the Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region. In 2002, he published Quand l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse se met à table
. In 2008, he published Histoires de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse'' with . In 2013, he wrote a book on Ivan Ivanof, a local Belgian personality and political refugee from Bulgaria. In 2012, Vandeweyer created a puppet theatre with Christophe Delire and Martine Jamin, called the Compagnie du Tradery. For the first staging, he wrote the puppet show
La Geste de Guillaume. Maurice Vandeweyer died in
Couvin on 17 August 2021 at the age of 76. ==Publications==