Luc Deflo
Luc Deflo (born February 27, 1958 in Mechelen ( province of Antwerp ), Belgium ; † November 26, 2018 there ) was a Belgian thriller author who published his novels in Flemish . He also worked part-time as a consultant for the financial company KBC Group NV .
Life
Luc Deflo wrote plays, screenplays and radio plays before he published his first successful thriller Naakte aimen ( Naked Souls) in 1999. The novel was nominated for the Hercule Poirot Prize . The protagonists of his Jos Bosmans and Dirk Deleu series are an examining magistrate and a police commissioner. Most of the novels are set in the city of Mechelen.
After 15 years Deflo left his previous publisher Manteau (WPG-Uitgevers) because his ideas and those of the publisher were no longer compatible, reported the Belgian news agency Belga and the daily De Morgen on December 20, 2013.
Luc Deflo was married to the Venezuelan Sormaria Machan and lived in Brussels . He died in November 2018 at the age of 60, leaving behind his wife two daughters and a son.
Works (selection)
Jos Bosmans and Dirk Deleu series
- 1999 Naakte aiming (German naked souls . Knaur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-63566-7 )
- 2000 Bevroren hard (German dead track . Knaur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-426-63567-4 )
- 2001 Lokaas (German into the bare knife . Knaur, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-426-50234-1 )
- 2002 Kortsluiting (German death craze . Knaur, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-426-50235-8 )
- 2003 Sluipend gif (German paper chase . Knaur, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-426-50693-6 )
- 2004 On guilty
- 2005 Copycat
- 2006 Listen
- 2008 pit bull
- 2009 swimming
- 2010 Jaloezie
- 2011 Phobia
- 2012 Enigma
Nadia Mendonck & Dirk Deleu series
- 2014 Intifada
- 2015 Teek
- 2016 Vlees
- 2017 Tot op het bot
Cel 5 series
- 2005 Weerloos
- 2006 Ademloos
- 2007 Spoorloos
- 2013 Genadeloos
Individual works
- 2007 fear
- 2009 lust
- 2010 Prooi
- 2012 Losers
- 2013 Poisonous vlinders
- 2014 Onderhuids
- 2014 power
- 2015 Donkere Maan
- 2016 drift
- 2016 kick
- 2017 Aan jou de keuze
- 2017 night & nevel
- 2018 Schatje
- 2018 Verdorven
- 2019 Levend speelgoed (posthumous)
- 2019 Ricky en Ronnie (posthumous)
Awards
- 2008 Hercule Poirot Prize for Pitbull
See also
- List of crime writers
- List of Belgian writers
- Belgian literature section "Dutch literature in Belgium"
Web links
- Literature by and about Luc Deflo in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website of Luc Deflo
- Luc Deflo on krimi-couch.de
- Interview with Luc Deflo by Jürgen Joosten on Ezzulia.nl (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ^ Décès du romancier flamand Luc Deflo. November 27, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Thrillerauteur Luc Deflo verlaat WPG uitgeverij ( Memento from December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ cf. boekzoeker.de
- ↑ together with Aloka Liefrink
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deflo, Luc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian-Flemish detective writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mechelen , Antwerp Province , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 2018 |
| Place of death | Mechelen , Antwerp Province , Belgium |