André-Paul Duchâteau (8 May 1925 – 26 August 2020) was a Belgian comics writer and mystery novelist.

Biography

He worked with

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on the detective comics series ''

Ric Hochet ''Ric Hochet'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Tibet (drawings) and André-Paul Duchâteau (scripts). It first appeared on March 30, 1955, in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Tintin''. Synopsis The series features the adventur ...

'' and the more humoristic western comic ''

Chick Bill ''Chick Bill'' is a Belgium, Belgian humorous Western (genre), Western comic book series created by Tibet (comics), Tibet. It was first published in 1953 in the magazine ''Chez Nous Junior'', and its Dutch language counterpart '' Ons Volkske'', an ...

''. He also wrote under the pseudonym Michel Vasseur. Duchâteau additionally wrote several detective novels and radio plays. As a dramatist he is most famous for his play ''5 à 7 Avec La Mort'' (1960), which has been adapted into various media. Duchâteau died on 26 August 2020.

Awards

*1974:

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière The (or the Police Literature Grand Prize) is a French literary award, literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. It is the most prestigious award for crime fiction, crime and detective fiction in Franc ...

– French Prize *2003: Prix Saint-Michel – Best story *2010: Grand Prix Saint-Michel

Works

* Hans (comic book)

Notes

External links

Duchâteau's official site (French)
1925 births 2020 deaths Writers from Tournai Belgian male novelists Belgian comics writers Belgian radio writers Belgian humorists 20th-century Belgian dramatists and playwrights Belgian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Belgian novelists Belgian mystery writers Belgian crime fiction writers Belgian writers in French Tintin (magazine) people {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub