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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.

In 1960, she published a collection of poetry Les monstres sympathiques. However, she is best known as a novelist. Stecyk has also published stories and articles in various journals in France and Belgium.

She was married to the poet Yves Lebon, who died in 2003.

Awards and honours

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

Selected works

Source:

• 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)

References

1. ^ "Irène Stecyk" (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois. Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
2. ^ "Irène Stecyk". Festival International du Film Policier de Liège (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
3. ^ "Stecyk, Irène" (in French). Association des Écrivains belges de langue française.

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