van Herck, Paul
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1938-1989) Belgian (Flemish) author whose Sam, of de Pluterdag (1968; trans Danny De Laet and Willy Magiels as Where Were You Last Pluterday? 1973) is a Satire of a society in which the higher classes have access to an extra day of the week. Van Herck also wrote a collection of ingenious short stories, De Cirkels en andere fantastische verhalen ["The Circles"] (coll 1965). [JC]
see also: Benelux.
Paul van Herck
born Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium: 19 May 1938
died 19 June 1989
works (selected)
- De Cirkels en andere fantastische verhalen ["The Circles"] (Antwerp, Belgium: Uitgeverij De Kentaur, 1965) [coll: binding unknown/]
- Sam, of de Pluterdag (Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Meulenhoff, 1968) [pb/Root Groot and Frank Stoovelaar]
- Where Were You Last Pluterday? (New York: DAW Books, 1973) [trans by Danny De Laet and Willy Magiels of the above: pb/Karel Thole]
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