Irène Stecyk Explained

Irène Stecyk (born 27 July 1937) is a Belgian writer.

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.^{[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

• 1972 – Prix Victor-Rossel for Une petite femme aux yeux bleus

Selected works

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• 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
• 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Irène Stecyk . Festival International du Film Policier de Liège . fr . 2016-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160415010804/http://festivaliege.be/jury/irene-stecyk/ . 2016-04-15 . dead .
2. Web site: Stecyk, Irène . Association des Écrivains belges de langue française . fr.
3. Web site: Irène Stecyk . Service du Livre Luxembourgeois . fr . 2016-04-03 . 2016-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160416043928/http://www.servicedulivre.be/sll/fiches_auteurs/s/stecyk-irene.html . dead .