Pierre Decock

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Pierre Decock (2009)

Pierre Decock (born August 19, 1959 in Haîne-Saint-Paul, Belgium ) is a Luxembourg historian and writer.

He has lived and worked in Luxembourg since 1985 and obtained Luxembourg nationality in 2003. He writes in French .

biography

After studying contemporary history, Pierre Decock began his professional career as a historian. He published various articles on the Dame Blanche , a secret network during World War I, and a biography of Gabrielle Petit , a Belgian heroine in the same war.

Pierre Decock came to Luxembourg in 1985 as a computer scientist and financial advisor. He worked as an illustrator for a number of publications and painted comics , especially for the children's newspaper Zack .

His first novel, Toccata, was awarded the “Readers' Prize of the Greater Region” (Prix des lecteurs de la Grande-région) in 2008.

In his second novel, De Profundis, the young Luxembourg police officer João Da Costa Rebelo is on the heels of a serial killer.

Publications (selection)

  • La Dame Blanche 1916-1918 ; Revue belge d'histoire militaire XXVII-3.
  • Toccata ; Op der Lay, Esch-Sauer; 2007; ISBN 978-2-87967-146-8 .
  • De Profundis ... au seuil des ténèbres je t'attendrai ; Op der Lay 157. Esch-Sauer; 2009; ISBN 978-2-87967-160-4 .
  • Den Do an de Frunnes: Everything an der Rei ; Luxembourgish by Gaston Zangerlé. Zack Publications. Ed. Saint-Paul, Lëtzebuerg; 1996.
  • La dame Blanche. Une réseau de renseignements de la Grande Guerre ; 2010; ISBN 978-1-4452-9704-0
  • K (nouvelle), in Gréng tëppelt, blo striped (anthologie 2009 des Walfer Bicherdeeg), Luxembourg, 2009, p. 114-119.
  • Petite musique de nuit (nouvelle), in Saz fir Saz (anthologie 2010 des Walfer Bicherdeeg), Luxembourg, 2010, p. 56-61.
  • In Articulo Mortis , Editions Guy Binsfeld. Luxembourg, 2011. 223 p. ISBN 978-2-87954-247-8 .
  • Les corbeaux de Greenwood , Editions Guy Binsfeld, 2012, 136 p. ISBN 978-2-87954-253-9 .
  • Petits plaisirs et entourloupes de la langue française , lulu.com, 2014, 155 p. ISBN 978-1-291-78369-8

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personal data
SURNAME Decock, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian-Luxembourg historian, illustrator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 19th August 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Belgium