Marcel Moreau
Belgian writer (1933-2020) · Belgium · On the map · Writers · Died at 86
Marcel Moreau was a Belgian writer. He was born in Boussu, a town in the mining region of Borinage in Hainaut Province, into a working-class environment. He described it as "a pure cultural void" with "a total absence of any cultural reference point".
Marcel Moreau is read about 8.5 times a day, in 8 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 7 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
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About this person
He lost his father at the age of 15, and abandoned his studies a short time later. He worked in various trades before becoming an accountant's assistant in Brussels for the newspaper Le Peuple. In 1955 he became a proof-reader for the daily Le Soir.
The same award as Marcel
Nathalie LégerBoth received Wepler prize
Jacques GodboutBoth received Prix Littéraire Canada-Communauté Française de Belgique
Eugène SavitzkayaBoth received Prix Littéraire Canada-Communauté Française de Belgique
Leslie KaplanBoth received Wepler prizePol VandrommeBoth received Prix Charles Plisnier