Pierre Decock

Pierre Decock (born 19 August 1959 in Belgium), is a Belgian-Luxembourgish historian, writer, comic draftsman, illustrator, painter, computer scientist and financial adviser.

He has lived and worked in Luxembourg since 1985 and became a citizen in 2003. He writes in French language.

Early life

He studied contemporary history.

Historian

Decock began his career as a historian. He published articles on the “Dame blanche”, a secret network in the First World War, and a biography of Gabrielle Petit, a Belgian heroine in that war.

Luxembourg

In 1985, Decock settled in Luxembourg as a computer scientist and financial adviser. He illustrated some publications and drew comics, particularly in the child newspaper “Zack.”

His first novel, Toccata, is similar to The Da Vinci Code, with an original composition of Bach playing a central role. The story is set in Luxembourg and in Baden-Württemberg. In 2008 Toccata received the “Reader prize of the Greater Region” (Prix des lecteurs de la Grande-région).

His second novel, De Profundis, sets the young Luxembourg policeman João Da Costa Rebelo after a serial killer.

Selected publications La Dame Blanche 1916-1918; Revue belge d’histoire militaire XXVII-3. Toccata; Op der Lay, Esch-Sauer; 2007. De Profundis ... au seuil des ténèbres je t'attendrai; Op der Lay 157. Esch-Sauer; 2009. Den Tun an de Frunnes: Alles an der Rei; Luxemburgisch von Gaston Zangerlé. Zack Publications. Ed. Saint-Paul, Luxembourg; 1996. K (nouvelle), in Gréng getëppelt, blo gesträift (anthologie 2009 des Walfer Bicherdeeg), Luxembourg, 2009, p. 114-119. Petite musique de nuit (nouvelle), in Saz fir Saz (anthologie 2010 des Walfer Bicherdeeg), Luxembourg, 2010, p. 56-61. In Articulo Mortis, Editions Guy Binsfeld. Luxembourg. 2011, 223 p. Les corbeaux de Greenwood, Editions Guy Binsfled, 2012, 136 p. Petits plaisirs et entourloupes de la langue française, lulu.com, 2014, 155 p. Tun, Frunnes a co: Décke Gas!; Luxemburgisch von Gaston Zangerlé. Ed. Revue, Luxembourg, 2015.