Daniel Odier

Daniel Odier
Born	Daniel Robert Odier (1945-05-17) 17 May 1945 (age 80) Geneva, Switzerland
Other names	Delacorta
Occupations	Author screenwriter poet essayist
Notable work	Diva Luna The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs
Spouse	Nell Gotkovsky (died 1998)

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]}

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]

References

1. "Tantric Quest". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
2. Tremblay, G. (Fall 2005). "Yoga Spandakarika". Ascent Magazine. Retrieved 24 August 2025– via EBSCOhost.
3. "The Doors of Joy: 19 Meditations for Authentic Living". Publishers Weekly . 9 December 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2025– via EBSCOhost.
4. Ebert, Roger (10 January 2008). "An entanglement of tapes, mopeds, arias, zen masters and subways". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 24 August 2025.

External links

• Daniel Odier's Official Webpage
• Daniel Odier at IMDb
• Publications by and about Daniel Odier in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library