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Daniel Odier

Daniel Robert Odier, 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).

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Daniel Odier
Born
Daniel Robert Odier

(1945-05-17) 17 May 1945
Geneva, Switzerland
Other nameDelacorta
Occupations
  • Author
  • screenwriter
  • poet
  • essayist
Notable workDiva
Luna
The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs
SpouseNell 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).123

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

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  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.
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