Irène Stecyk

Irène Stecyk (born 27 July 1937) is a Belgian novelist and poet.

Biography

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

Source:^[3][2]

• 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 [fr]
• 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)