Didier Daeninckx

Didier Daeninckx
Daeninckx at the Fête de l'Humanité in 2006
Daeninckx at the Fête de l'Humanité in 2006
Born (1949-04-29) April 29, 1949
Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
LanguageFrench
Notable awards
  • Trophées 813
    1984
  • Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
    1985
  • Prix Mystère de la critique
    1987
  • Prix Eugène-Dabit du roman populiste
    1990
  • Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle
    2012

Didier Daeninckx (born 27 April 1949 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis)[1] is a French author and left-wing politician of Belgian descent, best known for his romans noirs.[2]

Works translated into English

  • Murder in Memoriam (Meurtres pour mémoire)[3] by Melville House Publishing
  • A Very Profitable War (Le Der des ders)[4] by Melville House Publishing

Screen adaptations

  • Héroïnes, directed by Gérard Krawczyk, based on Play Back
  • The Repentant, directed by Laetitia Masson, loosely based on the 1999 novella La Repentie[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lenoir, Hugues (2020-09-09), "DAENINCKX Didier, Fernand", Dictionnaire des anarchistes (in French), Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier, retrieved 2022-03-18
  2. ^ Par (2008-10-30). "Aubervilliers mon amour - - Bibliobs". Bibliobs.nouvelobs.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  3. ^ Daeninckx, Didier (21 October 2015). "Murder in Memoriam". Melville House Books. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. ^ Daeninckx, Didier (21 January 2015). "A Very Profitable War". Melville House Books. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  5. ^ Les Adaptations au Cinéma : Didier Daeninckx on senscritique.com