Irène Stecyk (born 27 July 1937) is a Belgian novelist and poet.
Biography
editThe daughter of a Ukrainian father and a Belgian mother, she was born in Liège and was educated there, going on to study library science. She worked as a librarian and was also secretary for the writer Alexis Curvers for a number of years.[1][2]
In 1960, she published a collection of poetry Les monstres sympathiques. However, she is best known as a novelist.[3] Stecyk has also published stories and articles in various journals in France and Belgium.[1]
She was married to the poet Yves Lebon, who died in 2003.[3]
Awards and honours
edit- 1972 – Prix Victor-Rossel for Une petite femme aux yeux bleus
Selected works
edit- Une petite femme aux yeux bleus (1973), received the Prix Victor-Rossel, was later adapted for television
- Mazeppa, prince de l'Ukraine (1981), received the Prix Jeanne Boujassy awarded by the French Société des gens de lettres and the prize awarded every five years for a historical novel by the Association des écrivains belges de langue française
- Perle morte (1992), received the Prix Sander Pierron from the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique
- La Balzac (1992), received the Prix du Conseil de la Communauté Française
- La fille de Pierre (2001)
References
edit- 1 2 "Irène Stecyk". Festival International du Film Policier de Liège (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- 1 2 "Stecyk, Irène" (in French). Association des Écrivains belges de langue française.
- 1 2 3 "Irène Stecyk" (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois. Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
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