Irène Stecyk (born 27 July 1937) is a Belgian writer. The daughter of a Ukrainian father and a Belgian mother, she was born in

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and was educated there, going on to study library science. She worked as a librarian and was also secretary for the writer

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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 –

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for ''Une petite femme aux yeux bleus''

Selected works

Source: * ''Une petite femme aux yeux bleus'' (1973), received the

, was later adapted for television * ''Mazeppa, prince de l'Ukraine'' (1981), received the Prix Jeanne Boujassy awarded by the French

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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)

References

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