Stefan Platteau

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-20

Stefan Platteau is a Belgian fantasy author who writes in French and trained as a historian, also working as a social economy entrepreneur. He has written several live history performances and is a musician with the band Nook Karavan. He cites influences including the Iliad, the Kalevala, and authors such as Robert Holdstock, Tad Williams, H. P. Lovecraft, Robin Hobb, Joseph Conrad, and Sujit Saraf. His debut novel Manesh (2014), the first volume of the series Les Sentiers des astres (Paths of the Stars), won the Prix Imaginales for francophone novels in 2015. The series continued with Shakti (2016), Meijo (2018), and Jaunes Yeux (2021), along with the prequel works Devoreur (2015) and the electronic prequel Le Roi cornu (2019).

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Books

• Manesh (2013) · Les Sentiers des Astres Core Canon
• Shakti (2016) · Les Sentiers des Astres Core Canon
• Meijo (2018) · Les Sentiers des Astres Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 won)

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