PAUL KENNY
It was Jean Libert who started the Copland series. Later, his
partner was: Gaston Vandenpanhuyse. Vandenpanhuyse died in
1981. After this date, Libert continued to produce alone the
Copland novels, until 1988 when he stopped (he died in 1996).
Another "Fleuve Noir" writer continued the series: Serge
Jacquemard, who produced until the death of Libert, as the
new rights holders, did not wish that the series continued. 5
films were done in France, based on books of the Copland
series- the first one in 1957 was very successful and boosted
the sales of the books.
[Some of the above info comes from a book published by
"Paris Bibliothè±µes" in 1999 to commemorate the 50 years of
publishing by FN]
Hope this helps.
E.Borgers Hard-boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
--- Jeremy Duns <
jeremyduns@yahoo.com> wrote:
> You don't happen to know the names of these
Belgian
> writers, do you? Or if they're still alive? I
write
> for a magazine in Brussels, and that might just
make
> a
> terrific story.
>
>> --- Etienne Borgers <
freeweb@rocketmail.com> wrote:
>>After something like 10 novels
> > he
> > teamed up with another Belgian writer and
still
> > under
> > the Kenny alias they produced hugely
successful
> spy
> > novels with Copland as the hero.
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