Daniel Odier
Swiss author (born 1945)
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Daniel Robert Odier (born 1945), also known by the pen name Delacorta, is a Swiss author, teacher, and practitoner of Kashmir Shaivism and Chan Buddhism. He is the author of Tantric Quest (1997), The Doors of Joy (2014), and Yoga Spandakarika (2005).[1][2][3]
Born
17 May 1945
Daniel Robert Odier
17 May 1945
Geneva, Switzerland
OthernamesDelacorta
Occupations
- Author
- screenwriter
- poet
- essayist
Daniel Odier | |
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| Born | Daniel Robert Odier 17 May 1945 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Other names | Delacorta |
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| Notable work | Diva Luna The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs |
| Spouse | Nell Gotkovsky (died 1998) |
In English, he is best known for his series of six crime novels featuring Alba, a vivacious adolescent kleptomaniac, and Gorodish, the middle-aged pianist and photographer with a criminal past who adores her. The second in the series, Diva, was adapted to film by Jean-Jacques Beineix in 1981 and became an international success.[4]