Irène Stecyk
Irène Stecyk (born July 27, 1937) is a Belgian writer.[1]
The 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.[2][3]
In 1960, she published a collection of poetry Les monstres sympathiques. However, she is best known as a novelist.[1] Stecyk has also published stories and articles in various journals in France and Belgium.[2]
She was married to the poet Yves Lebon, who died in 2003.[1]
Awards and honours
- 1972 – Prix Victor-Rossel for Une petite femme aux yeux bleus
Selected works[1][3]
- 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
- "Irène Stecyk" (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois.
- "Irène Stecyk". Festival International du Film Policier de Liège (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- "Stecyk, Irène" (in French). Association des Écrivains belges de langue française.
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