Didier Daeninckx

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

Works translated into English

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

See also

• Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle