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Name
  
Libera Carlier

Role
  
Writer

Books
  
Action Station-Go: roman


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Died
  
April 25, 2007, Ekeren, Belgium

Libera Carlier (Nijlen, 19 January 1926 – Ekeren, 25 April 2007) was a Belgian seaman and writer. He attended the Hogere Zeevaartschool (E: higher seagoing school) and was a member of the resistance during World War II. When sixteen years old he ran away from home during the war and tried to reach the United Kingdom, but only got to France and was sent back. He was married to Joanna Pairoux and has 3 sons: Guy, Robert and Mark.

Being a captain and river pilot, his tales and novels are mainly related to the sea and the sailors. He made his debut with De zondagsslepers (E: The Sunday haulers) in 1957. Well-known works by him are Tussen wal en schip (E: between rampart and ship) (1977), about the inland shipping, and Langs de kade (E: along the quay) (1987) with the port police force in the head role. Both were made into TV series. Libera has written the screen play for several series including Geschiedenis mijner jeugd (E: Memories of my Youth) based on the work of Hendrik Conscience.

He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the script of de blijde dag by Stijn Streuvels

His work has been translated into both French and Russian.

Awards

  • 1959 - Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
  • References

    Libera Carlier Wikipedia


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