What is Jacques De Decker?
{{Infobox person | name = Jacques De Decker | image = Jacques_De_Decker_conférencier.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = De Decker in 2014 | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 19 August 1945 | birth_place = [[Schaerbeek]], [[Belgium]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|04|12|1945|08|19}} | death_place = [[Brussels]], Belgium | nationality = [[Belgian people|Belgian]] | other_names = | occupation = Writer <br/> Author | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Jacques De Decker''' (19 August 1945 – 12 April 2020) was a Belgian writer and author.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plus.lesoir.be/294102/article/2020-04-13/jacques-de-decker-ecrivain-et-ancien-journaliste-au-soir-tire-sa-reverence|title=Jacques De Decker, écrivain et ancien journaliste au «Soir», a tiré sa révérence|date=13 April 2020|work=Le Soir|language=French}}</ref> In 1985, De Decker published his first novel, ''La Grande Roue''. It was selected for the [[Prix Goncourt]] and translated into several languages. He was President of the Organisation Beaumarchais in [[Paris]], and then elected to replace [[Albert Ayguesparse]] as President of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique in [[Brussels]] in 1997. In 1998, he helped relaunch the magazine ''Marginales''. In this endeavor, he joined Jean Jauniaux, who also wrote ''La Faculté des Lettres''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arllfb.be/composition/membres/dedecker.html|title=Jacques De Decker|work=Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique|language=French}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cief.org/congres/2004/ecrivains/decker.html|title=Écrivains présents au congrès de Liège, 19-27 juin 2004|work=Conseil International d'Études Francophones|language=French}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belgiumishappening.net/home/interviews/jacques-de-decker-toneelstof-70