What is Frank Geleyn?
{{Infobox person | name = Frank Geleyn | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1960|3|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Handzame]], Belgium | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|1|7|1960|3|17|df=y}} | death_place = [[Roeselare]], Belgium | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Belgian | occupation = children's writer | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Frank Geleyn''' (17 March [[1960]] – 7 January 2023) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[children's writer]]. Geleyn taught for 40 years [[French language|French]] at the Margareta Maria Institute in Kortemark. After his retirement, he became a full time [[writer]]. Geleyn wrote nineteen children's and youth books. His books are all published by [[De Eenhoorn (publisher)|De Eenhoorn]]. Some of his books have been translated into Chinese, Korean and Danish. He was nominated several times for awards, including for the [[Boekenleeuw]], the ''Young Jury'' in the Netherlands and the Flemish ''Children and Youth Jury''. His debut work was ''Ik Zwijg'' in 2003, a youth novel about bullying. There have been published multiple reprints of the book. His last book ''Het Net'' was published in September 2022.<ref name=ref3>{{cite web|url=https://www.hln.be/torhout/wat-als-kanker-het-gezin-binnensluipt-hoe-ga-je-daar-als-jonge-gast-mee-om-auteur-frank-geleyn-62-heeft-nieuw-jeugdboek-klaar~a4408f21/ |title=“Wat als kanker het gezin binnensluipt? Hoe ga je daar als jonge gast mee om?”: Auteur Frank Geleyn (62) heeft nieuw jeugdboek klaar|work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]]|date=30 September 2022|access-date=10 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref> In the book he wrote next to football, gaming and romance about cancer, in specific [[neuroendocrine tumor]], a rare form of [[cancer]] that he also had himself.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230109_96631205 |title=Jeugdauteur Frank Geleyn (62) overleden aan ziekte waar hij vorig jaar boek over schreef|work=[[Het Nieuwsblad]]|date=9 January 2023|access-date=10 January 2023|lang