DECKER, JACQUES DE

(1945- )

   Born in Brussels, Jacques De Decker is a novelist, playwright, essayist, and journalist. He has been a literary critic for Le Soir and has taught at the Institut national supérieure des Arts du Spectacle. He is an author of plays (Petit Matin, Jeu d'intérieur; Early morning, Inner game), adaptations of works ranging from those of William Shakespeare to Woody Allen, and novels (La Grande Rose, The great rose). All his works draw attention to the secret aspirations that are universal to the human condition.