List of Dutch writers
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This list of Dutch writers includes all authors who have written works in the Dutch language
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In cases where the writer uses a pseudonym
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Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
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In cases where the writer uses a pseudonym
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- Bertus AafjesBertus Aafjes' , known as ', was a Dutch poet whose work is marked by his devout Catholicism. was born in Amsterdam. He wrote poems on the resistance to the German occupation during the World War II...
- Kader AbdolahKader AbdolahKader Abdolah is a Persian–Dutch writer, poet and columnist. He has written books and many articles in Dutch and is known for using Persian literary items in his Dutch works...
- Gerrit AchterbergGerrit AchterbergGerrit Achterberg was a Dutch poet. His early poetry concerned a desire to be united with a beloved in death.Achterberg was born in Nederlangbroek in the Netherlands as the third son of a family of nine children. He was raised as a Protestant within the Calvinist tradition. His father was a coach...
- Carel Steven Adama van ScheltemaCarel Steven Adama van ScheltemaCarel Steven Adama van Scheltema was a Dutch socialist poet.Son of a wealthy art connoisseur and -dealer, Adama van Scheltema studied medicine for two years before dropping out to pursue his artistic interests. He worked for the Dutch Drama Society and in an art gallery before his father died in...
- Jan van AkenJan van AkenJan van Aken was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver.-Biography:Van Aken has been frequently confused with the celebrated German painter Johann van Achen of Cologne. Not much is known of his paintings but Bartsch enumerates twenty-one of his etchings, which are touched in the manner of Herman...
- Joseph Albert Alberdingk ThijmJoseph Albert Alberdingk ThijmJoseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm was a Dutch writer. In his triple capacity of art critic, philologist, and poet, Thijm was an important figure of Catholic literature...
- Arnold AletrinoArnold AletrinoArnold Aletrino was a Dutch criminal anthropologist and writer, who published works on homosexuality in Dutch and French...
- Robert AnkerRobert AnkerRengert Robert Anker is a Dutch writer. In 1993 he won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for his novel De terugkeer van kapitein Rob.-References:...
- Jan ArendsJan ArendsJan Arends was a brother of the poet Roelof Arends. He was a pupil of J. Ponse, and painted landscapes and marine subjects. He laboured many years at Amsterdam and Middelburg, but returned eventually to Dordrecht, where he died in 1805. He was well skilled in perspective, and practised...
- A. C. BaantjerA. C. BaantjerAlbert Cornelis "Appie" Baantjer , often simply known as Baantjer, was a Dutch novelist of detective fiction and a former police officer....
- Sevtap BaycılıSevtap BayciliSevtap Baycılı is a Dutch writer of Turkish extraction. Born in Istanbul in 1968, she studied philosophy in Turkey, earning the nickname "Miss Wittgenstein"...
- Beatrice of NazarethBeatrice of NazarethBlessed Beatrice of Nazareth or in Dutch Beatrijs van Nazareth was a Flemish Cistercian nun. She was the very first prose writer using the Dutch language, a mystic, and the author of the notable Dutch prose dissertation known as the Seven Ways of Holy Love...
- Thea BeckmanThea BeckmanThea Beckman was a Dutch author of children's books.-Biography:At young age , Beckman knew she wanted to be a writer...
- Nicolaas BeetsNicolaas BeetsNicolaas Beets was a Dutch theologian, writer and poet. He published under the pseudonym, Hildebrand....
- J. BernlefJ. BernlefJ. Bernlef is a Dutch writer, lyricist, novelist and translator. He made his literary debut with Kokkels in 1960. He became known to a larger public with his novel Hersenschimmen from 1984, which treated the theme of dementia. The book is basis for a film from 1987, and a theatre play from 2006...
(Hendrik Jan Marsman) - Cornelis de BieCornelis de BieCornelis de Bie was a Brabant rederijker, poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier.He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies...
- Paul BiegelPaul BiegelPaul Biegel was a successful and prolific Dutch writer of children's literature.-Biography:...
- Maarten BiesheuvelMaarten BiesheuvelMaarten Biesheuvel is a Dutch writer. He made his literary debut in 1972 with the short story collection In de bovenkooi. He received the "Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs" in 1984 for Reis door mijn kamer. In 2007 he received the P. C...
- J.C. BloemJ.C. BloemJakobus Cornelis Bloem was a Dutch poet and essayist. Between 1921 and 1958 he published fourteen volumes of poetry. In 1949 he won the Constantijn Huygensprijs, one of the country's highest literary awards, and in 1952 the P. C. Hooft Award award for his literary oeuvre...
- Marion BloemMarion BloemMarion Bloem is a Dutch writer and film maker of Indo descent, best known as author of the literary acclaimed book Geen gewoon Indisch meisje and director of the 2008 feature film Ver van familie .Bloem is a second generation Indo immigrant born into a family of four...
- Godfried BomansGodfried BomansGodfried Bomans was a popular Dutch author and television personality and a prominent Dutch catholic...
- Ferdinand BordewijkFerdinand BordewijkFerdinand Bordewijk was a Dutch author. His style, which is terse and symbolic, is considered New Objectivity and magic realism. He was awarded the prestigious P.C. Hooftprijs in 1953 and the Constantijn Huygensprijs in 1957...
- Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-ToussaintAnna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-ToussaintAnna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint was a Dutch novelist.-Life and career:Geertruida Toussaint's father, a chemist of Huguenot descent, gave her a fair education, and at an early period of her career she developed a taste for historical research, fostered by a forced indoor life as a result...
- Hafid BouazzaHafid BouazzaHafid Bouazza is a Moroccan-Dutch writer. Bouazza came to the Netherlands in October 1977 as a seven-year-old boy. He lived with his parents in the village Arkel, near Gorinchem, until he went to study Arabic language and literature at the University of Amsterdam. He received the E...
- Menno ter BraakMenno ter BraakMenno ter Braak was a Dutch modernist author.-Early career:Ter Braak was born in Eibergen and grew up in the town of Tiel where he proved to be an exemplary student of great intelligence. He went on to the University of Amsterdam where he majored in Dutch and History...
- Hugo Brandt CorstiusHugo Brandt CorstiusHugo Brandt Corstius is a Dutch author known for his achievements in both literature and science....
- Gerbrand Adriaensz BrederoGerbrand Adriaensz BrederoGerbrand Adriaensz Bredero was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.-Life:...
- Jan ten BrinkJan ten BrinkJan ten Brink was a Dutch writer. He studied in Leiden, went to Batavia for a few years and in 1862 he became a teacher at a secondary school in The Hague. In 1884 he became professor in Dutch literature at the Leiden University.Ten Brink was a conservative writer...
- Jeroen BrouwersJeroen BrouwersJeroen Godfried Marie Brouwers is a Dutch journalist and writer. From 1964 to 1976 Brouwers worked as an editor at Manteau publishers in Brussels...
- Boudewijn BüchBoudewijn BüchBoudewijn Maria Ignatius Büch was a Dutch writer, poet and television presenter.-Early life:Büch originated from a to the Catholic Church converted Jewish family. He was born in a hospital in The Hague and spent his childhood in Wassenaar. His father was a civil servant. He and Boudewijn's mother...
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- Jan CampertJan CampertJan Remco Theodoor Campert was a journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II Campert was arrested for aiding the Jews...
- Remco CampertRemco CampertRemco Campert is a Dutch author, poet and columnist.-Early years:Remco Wouter Campert was born in The Hague, son of writer and poet Jan Campert, author of the poem De achttien dooden, and actress Joekie Broedelet...
- Simon CarmiggeltSimon CarmiggeltSimon Carmiggelt was a Dutch writer who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns and his television appearances.-Biography:...
- Jacob CatsJacob CatsJacob Cats was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books.-Early years:...
- Isabelle de CharrièreIsabelle de CharrièreIsabelle de Charrière , known as Belle van Zuylen in the Netherlands and Madame de Charrière elsewhere, is a Dutch writer of the Enlightenment who lived the latter half of her life in Switzerland. She is now best known for her letters although she also wrote novels, pamphlets, music and plays...
- Antoon CoolenAntoon CoolenAntoon Coolen was a well-known Dutch writer of novels. He has written the Boekenweekgeschenk for the Boekenweek of 1947 and a novel that was part of the Boekenweekgeschenk in 1939....
- Louis CouperusLouis CouperusLouis Marie-Anne Couperus was a Dutch novelist and poet during the Belle Époque. There is a wide variety of genres in his oeuvre, which contains poetry, fairy tales, psychological novels, and historical novels...
- Rudi van DantzigRudi van DantzigRudi van Dantzig , is a Dutch choreographer, ballet dancer and writer. Since 1965 he has been co-artistic leader of Het Nationale Ballet . After Sonia Gaskell and his other colleague left in 1971, he was the only artistic leader until 1991...
- Aagje DekenAagje DekenAagje Deken was a Dutch writer.Agatha Deken was born in 1741. In 1745 her parents died and she went to live in the 'De Oranje Appel' orphanage in Amsterdam, where she remained until 1767. After leaving the orphanage she served in several families and later started a business in coffee and tea...
- Maria DermoûtMaria DermoûtMaria Dermoût , was an Indo novelist, considered one of the greats of Dutch literature and as such an important proponent of Dutch Indies literature...
- Lodewijk van DeysselLodewijk van DeysselLodewijk van Deyssel was the pseudonym of Karel Joan Lodewijk Alberdingk Thijm , a Dutch novelist, prose-poet and literary critic and a leading member of the Tachtigers.- External links :...
(K.J.L. Alberdingk Thijm) - Adriaan van DisAdriaan van DisAdriaan van Dis is a Dutch author, with Indo roots, who debuted in 1983 with the novella Nathan Sid. He is also known as the host of his own television show.-Youth:...
- Johnny van DoornJohnny van DoornJohnny van Doorn was a Dutch writer, poet and performer, first in Arnhem, later in the country's capital Amsterdam...
- Renate DorresteinRenate DorresteinRenate Dorrestein is a Dutch writer, journalist and feminist. She won the Annie Romein prize in 1993 for her complete body of work. She started working as a journalist for a magazine called Panorama and she published her first novel in 1983...
- Imme DrosImme DrosImme Dros is a Dutch writer of children's literature.- Life :Dros grew up on the island of Texel. She studied Dutch in Amsterdam. There she met her husband Harrie Geelen, with whom she had three children. As a homemaker, she wrote her first book in 1971. Her husband has illustrated several of her...
- Frederik van EedenFrederik van EedenFrederik Willem van Eeden was a late 19th century and early 20th century Dutch writer and psychiatrist...
- Jan EekhoutJan EekhoutJan Henrik Eekhout was a Dutch writer, poet and translator, particularly known as the author of the novel Pastoor Poncke . During the Second World War Eekhout was a staunch Nazi...
- Justus van EffenJustus van EffenJustus van Effen was a Dutch author, who wrote chiefly in French but also made crucial contributions to Dutch literature. A journalist, he imitated The Spectator with the publication of Dutch language Hollandsche Spectator...
- Marcellus EmantsMarcellus EmantsMarcellus Emants , 14 October 1923) was a Dutch novelist who was one of the few examples of Dutch Naturalism. He is seen as a first step towards the renewing force of the Tachtigers towards modern Dutch literature, a movement which started around the 1880s...
- Johan FabriciusJohan FabriciusJohan Fabricius was a Dutch writer, journalist and adventurer.Fabricius was born in Bandung, Java. He wrote approximately 60 books, among them many books for children. He is well known for writing the historical children's book "De scheepsjongens van Bontekoe" , which was reprinted 28 times as of...
- Louis FlesLouis FlesLevie Jacob "Louis" Fles was a Dutch businessman, activist and author. He was a member of the organizing committee of the 1928 Summer Olympics. Louis Fles is best known for writing and broadcasting against Zionism and organized religion....
(Dr. W. Bottema C.Az.) - Anne FrankAnne FrankAnnelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...
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- Ida GerhardtIda GerhardtIda Gerhardt was a classicist and Dutch poet of a post-symbolist tradition.-Life:In her hometown Rotterdam Ida Gerhardt attended the Erasmus Gymnasium, where the poet J.H. Leopold was her Classics Teacher. He made an indelible impression on her. There she also met her future life partner Marie H....
- Wim GijsenWim GijsenWim Gijsen was a Dutch science fiction and fantasy writer.-Biography:Wim Gijsen was one of the Netherlands' most successful writers of modern Science Fiction and Fantasy books...
- Theo van GoghTheo van Gogh (film director)Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch film director, film producer, columnist, author and actor.Van Gogh worked with the Somali-born writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali to produce the film Submission, which criticized the treatment of women in Islam and aroused controversy among Muslims...
- Herman GorterHerman GorterHerman Gorter was a Dutch poet and socialist. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers, a highly influential group of Dutch writers who worked together in Amsterdam in the 1880s, centered around De Nieuwe Gids .Gorter's first book, a 4,000 verse epic poem called "Mei" , sealed his reputation...
- Hermine de GraafHermine de GraafHermine de Graaf is a Dutch novelist. In 1988 she won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for her novel De regels van het huis.-References:...
- Arnon GrünbergArnon GrünbergArnon Yasha Yves Grunberg is a Dutch writer. Some of his books were written using the heteronym Marek van der Jagt....
- Robert van GulikRobert van GulikRobert Hans van Gulik was a highly educated orientalist, diplomat, musician , and writer, best known for the Judge Dee mysteries, the protagonist of which he borrowed from the 18th-century Chinese detective novel Dee Goong An.-Life:Robert van Gulik was the son of a medical officer in the Dutch...
- Halil GürHalil GürHalil Gür is a Dutch author of Turkish extraction, and is important as one of the first Turkish immigrants to write about the Netherlands. His short stories focus mainly on the problems of migrant experiences, particularly in the context of the Dutch gastarbeider program...
- Hella HaasseHella HaasseHélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse was a Dutch writer, often referred to as "the Grand Old Lady" of Dutch literature, and whose novel Oeroeg was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her internationally acclaimed Magnus opus is "Heren van de Thee", translated to "The Tea Lords"...
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- Albert HagenaarsAlbert HagenaarsAlbert Hagenaars is an award-winning Dutch author and poet.Hagenaars was born in the southern town of Bergen op Zoom in 1955. He studied Dutch, lived in France and has been working as a reviewer of literature and the visual arts for various magazines and organizations such as Biblion .Some of his...
- Maarten 't HartMaarten 't HartMaarten 't Hart is a Dutch biologist who studied zoology and ethology at the University of Leiden and taught that subject before becoming a full-time writer in the 1980s. He is the author of many novels, including Het Woeden der Gehele Wereld and De kroongetuige...
- Jan de HartogJan de HartogJan de Hartog was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker.- Early years :...
- HavankHavankHavank, was a Dutch writer, journalist and translator.Born in Leeuwarden as Hendrikus Frederikus van der Kallen, he took the pen-name of Havank and published over 30 crime-novels and stories, with as principal characters French police officers Bruno Silvère and Charles C.M...
- Simon Heere HeeresmaSimon Heere HeeresmaSimon Heere Heeresma , was a Dutch author and poet.Simon Heere Heeresma was born in Amsterdam in 1932. His first collection of poetry, published in 1954, was called Children's Room, but his breakthrough came in the 1960s and 1970s in the Provo generation...
- Willem Frederik HermansWillem Frederik HermansWillem Frederik Hermans was a Dutch author. He is considered one of the three most important authors in the Netherlands in the postwar period, along with Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve...
- Willy van der Heide (Willem van den HoutWillem van den Houtthumb|Willem van den HoutWilhelmus Henricus Maria van den Hout was a Dutch writer and publicist, known for writing the Bob Evers series of children's books using the pseudonym Willy van der Heide.Van den Hout also used the pseudonyms Willy Waterman, Willem W. Waterman, Sylvia Sillevis, Victor...
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- Herman HeijermansHerman HeijermansHerman Heijermans , was a Dutch writer.Heijermans grew up in a liberal Jewish family as the fifth of 11 children of Herman Heijermans Sr. and Matilda Moses Spiers...
- Hildebrand (Nicolaas BeetsNicolaas BeetsNicolaas Beets was a Dutch theologian, writer and poet. He published under the pseudonym, Hildebrand....
) - Etty HillesumEtty HillesumEsther "Etty" Hillesum was a young Jewish woman whose letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943 describe life in Amsterdam during the German occupation...
- Hinrek van AlckmerHinrek van AlckmerHinrek van Alckmer, also known as Hendric van Alckmaer, Henrik van Alkmer and Henry of Alkmaar, was a 15th century Middle Dutch author who wrote one of the principal published versions of Reynard the Fox in 1487....
- Wim HofmanWim HofmanWim Hofman is a Dutch author. After elementary school he joined the seminary in Sterksel, because he wanted to become a missionary. He started writing books early, and published his first novel, "Welwel, de zeer grote tovenaar & zes andere doldwaze verhalen over ridders, tovenaars, matrozen,...
- Pieter Corneliszoon HooftPieter Corneliszoon HooftPieter Corneliszoon Hooft - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright from the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.-Life:...
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- Constantijn HuygensConstantijn HuygensConstantijn Huygens , was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.-Biography:...
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- Arthur JapinArthur JapinArthur Valentijn Japin is a renowned Dutch novelist.-Biography:His parents were Bert Japin, a teacher and writer of detective novels, and Annie Japin-van Arnhem. After a difficult childhood - his father killed himself when Arthur was twelve years old - Japin entered the Kleinkunstacademie in...
- Jacques de KadtJacques de KadtJacques de Kadt was a prominent and often controversial 20th Century Dutch political thinker, politician and man of letters. Born into a liberal Jewish family, he was the youngest son of a factory manager, Roelof de Kadt, and his wife Bertha Koppens...
- George KettmannGeorge KettmannGeorge Wilhelm Kettmann or George Kettmann Jr. was a Dutch poet, writer, journalist and publisher who promoted Nazism in the Netherlands. With his wife, he founded the best known Dutch National Socialist publishing house, De Amsterdamsche Keurkamer...
- Piet J. KroonenbergPiet J. KroonenbergPiet J. Kroonenberg is the historical consultant to the European Scout Committee. He has written books and articles about Scouting during World War II and post-War Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe.-Biography:...
- Richard KlinkhamerRichard KlinkhamerRichard Klinkhamer is a Dutch writer.-Bibliography:* Klinkhamer, Richard Woensdag Gehaktdag ISBN 978-90-77895-91-7* Meijer, Martijn Klinkhamer: een leven tussen woord en moord ISBN 90-6801-431-5...
- Willem KloosWillem KloosWillem Johannes Theodorus Kloos was a Dutch poet and literary critic, and is widely considered one of the great writers of the Dutch language....
- Gerrit KomrijGerrit KomrijGerrit Jan Komrij is a Dutch poet, novelist, translator, critic, polemic journalist and playwright. From 2000 to 2004 he was the Dutch Dichter des Vaderlands .-Biography:...
- Hans KoningHans KoningHans Koning , author of over 40 fiction and non-fiction books, was also a prolific journalist, contributing for almost 60 years to many periodicals including The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, Harper's, The New Yorker, and De Groene Amsterdammer.-...
- Rudy KousbroekRudy KousbroekHerman Rudolf Kousbroek was a Dutch poet, translator, writer and first of all essayist. He was a prominent figure in Dutch cultural life between 1950 and 2010 and one of the most outspoken atheists in the Netherlands. In 1975 he was awarded the P.C...
- Tim KrabbéTim KrabbéTim Krabbé is a Dutch journalist and novelist.Krabbé was born in Amsterdam. His writing has appeared in most major periodicals in the Netherlands. He is known to Dutch readers for his novel De Renner , first published in 1978...
- Gerrit KrolGerrit KrolGerrit Krol is a Dutch author, essayist and writer.Krol studied mathematics and worked with Royal Dutch Shell and some of its operating units as computer programmer and system designer. Krol's debut consisted of poems published in 1961 in various Dutch literary magazins. In 1962 his first book De...
- Eric de KuyperEric de KuyperEric de Kuyper is a Flemish-Belgian and Dutch writer, semiotician, art critic, and experimental film director. Fictionalized autobiographical novels, written in the 3rd-person, account for most of his creative work. His academic writing encompasses reviews, essays, articles, and books on...
- Jan LauwereynsJan LauwereynsJan Lauwereyns , full name Johan Marc José Lauwereyns, is a poet, essayist, and scientist. As a cognitive neuroscientist, he specializes in the voluntary control of attention and decision making. He has published articles in journals such as Nature, Neuron, and Trends in Cognitive Sciences, and the...
- Jacob van LennepJacob van LennepJacob van Lennep was a Dutch poet and novelist.-Early years:He was born in Amsterdam, where his father, David Jacob van Lennep , a scholar and poet, was professor of eloquence and the classical languages in the Atheneum...
- Jacobus van LooyJacobus van LooyJacobus van Looy was a Dutch painter and writer.-Biography:Van Looy was the son of a carpenter, but his father lost his job when his eyesight began to fail. His mother died when he was five years old and when his father died soon afterwards, he ended up in the Haarlem municipal orphanage...
- LucebertLucebertLucebert was a Dutch artist who first became known as the poet of the COBRA movement.He was born in Amsterdam in 1924...
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- Cissy van MarxveldtCissy van MarxveldtSetske de Haan , better known by her pen name Cissy van Marxveldt, was a Dutch writer of children's books. She is the author of the series of Joop ter Heul novels.-Biography:...
- Ischa MeijerIscha MeijerIsraël Chaim Meijer was a Dutch Jewish journalist, author, actor and television presenter. He survived the Nazi concentration camp Bergen Belsen along with his parents.-Youth:...
- Willem de MérodeWillem de MérodeWillem de Mérode , is the pseudonym of Dutch poet Willem Eduard Keuning.He started writing at the age of fifteen. The work of Merode is considered to be the most important Christian work between both World Wars. Merode was a subtle man, deeply religious. He was a teacher at the primary school in...
- Nicolaas MatsierNicolaas MatsierNicolaas Matsier is a Dutch novelist. In 1995 he won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for his novel Gesloten huis. Nicolaas Matsier is a pseudonym of Tjit Reinsma.-References:...
(Tjit Reinsma) - Marga MincoMarga MincoMarga Minco is the pseudonym of Sara Menco is a Dutch journalist and writer. Her surname was actually Menco, but an official switched the vowel by mistake.- Biography :...
(Sara Voeten-Minco) - Jan MulderJan Mulder (footballer)For other Jan Mulders see Jan MulderJohan Mulder is a former Dutch football striker who played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and AFC Ajax. He also played five matches for the Netherlands, scoring once. Mulder was topscorer of the 1966-67 season in the Belgian Jupiler League...
- Harry MulischHarry MulischHarry Kurt Victor Mulisch was a Dutch author. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems and philosophical reflections. These have been translated into more than 20 languages....
- MultatuliMultatuliEduard Douwes Dekker , better known by his pen name Multatuli , was a Dutch writer famous for his satirical novel, Max Havelaar , which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies .-Biography:Dekker was born in Amsterdam...
(Eduard Douwes Dekker) - NescioNescio"Nescio", Latin for "I don't know", was the pseudonym of the Dutch writer Jan Hendrik Frederik Grönloh, born June 22, 1882 in Amsterdam and died July 25, 1961 in Hilversum, both in the Netherlands. Grönloh was a businessman by profession; as Nescio he is mainly remembered for the three novellas De...
(J.H.F.Grönloh) - Cees NooteboomCees NooteboomCees Nooteboom is a Dutch author. He has won numerous literary awards and has been mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature.-Life:...
- Henri NouwenHenri NouwenHenri Jozef Machiel Nouwen , was a Dutch-born Catholic priest and writer who authored 40 books about spirituality.- Writing :...
- Martinus NijhoffMartinus NijhoffMartinus Nijhoff was a Dutch poet and essayist. He studied literature in Amsterdam and law in Utrecht. His debut was made in 1916 with his volume De wandelaar...
- Piet PaaltjensPiet Paaltjensthumb|right|François Haverschmidt.François Haverschmidt was a Dutch minister and writer, who wrote prose under his own name but remains best known for the poetry published under the pen name of Piet Paaltjens.- Life and career :Haverschmidt read Calvinist theology at Leiden University, graduating...
(François Haverschmidt) - Connie PalmenConnie PalmenAldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria "Connie" Palmen is a Dutch author.Palmen debuted with the novel De wetten , published in the USA as The Laws , translated by Richard Huijing...
- Edgar du PerronEdgar du PerronCharles Edgar du Perron, more commonly known as E. du Perron, was a famous and influential Dutch poet and author of Indo-European descent. Best known for his literary acclaimed master piece ‘Land van herkomst’ of 1935...
- Gerard ReveGerard ReveGerard Kornelis van het Reve was a Dutch writer. He adopted a shortened version of his name, Gerard Reve in 1973, and that is how he is known today. Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he is considered one of the "Great Three" of Dutch post-war literature...
- Adriaan Roland HolstAdriaan Roland HolstAdriaan Roland Holst was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize...
- Tomas RossTomas RossTomas Ross is a Dutch writer who is famous for his historical criminal thrillers.He was born as Willem Pieter Hogendoorn in Den Bommel . He has used the pseudonym Tomas Ross since 1980. His father P.G...
- Maarten van RossemMaarten van RossemMaarten van Rossem is a Dutch historian. He specializes in the history and politics of the United States. As an America expert he is a frequent guest on television talk shows....
- Renate RubinsteinRenate RubinsteinRenate Ida Rubinstein was a German-Dutch writer, journalist and columnist.- Biography :Rubinstein was born in Berlin, Germany, to a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother...
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- Arthur van SchendelArthur van SchendelArthur van Schendel was a Dutch writer of novels and short stories. One of his best known works is Het fregatschip Johanna Maria.- Prizes :...
- Bert SchierbeekBert SchierbeekLambertus Roelof Schierbeek was a Dutch writer. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1991 Constantijn Huygens Prize.-Reference:...
- Annie M. G. SchmidtAnnie M. G. SchmidtAnna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt was a prolific Dutch writer, especially cherished for her children's books—"the most versatile and most talented children's book author in the Netherlands." She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song and the queen of Dutch children's...
- Anja SickingAnja SickingAnja Sicking is a Dutch writer of novels and short stories.- Biography :Anja Sicking studied the clarinet at the Royal Conservatory for music and dance in The Hague. She went on tour several times with the street symphony orchestra the Ricciotti Ensemble with which she played on the Red Square and...
- J. SlauerhoffJ. SlauerhoffJan Jacob Slauerhoff, who published as J. Slauerhoff, was a Dutch poet and novelist. He is considered one of the most important Dutch language writers.-Youth:...
- Hendrik Laurenszoon SpiegelHendrik Laurenszoon SpiegelHendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel was one of the most important writers and thinkers of the Amsterdam of the second half of the sixteenth century....
- F. SpringerF. SpringerF. Springer was the pseudonym of Carel Jan Schneider, a Dutch foreign service diplomat and writer.Schneider was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies...
- Hilda van StockumHilda van StockumHilda Gerarda van Stockum was a children's book author and artist. She was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Her father was an officer in the Dutch Royal Navy. She grew up in the Netherlands and Ireland, living for many years in the United States, and lived in England from about 1973...
- Jan TerlouwJan TerlouwJan Cornelis Terlouw is a Dutch scientist, politician, and author.- Background :Jan Terlouw was born in Kamperveen, Overijssel. He was the eldest son in his family, he has two brothers and two sisters and grew up in the Veluwe...
- Felix ThijssenFelix ThijssenFelix Thijssen is a Dutch author of crime novels, science fiction novels and books for children. He now lives in France. In 1999 he won the "Gouden Strop", prize for the best Dutch crime novel, for "Cleopatra"...
- Marten ToonderMarten ToonderMarten Toonder was a Dutch comic creator, born in Rotterdam. He was probably the most successful comic artist in the Netherlands and had a great influence in the Dutch language by introducing new words and expressions....
- Bob den UylBob den UylJacob den Uyl was a Dutch writer of mostly short stories.His writing style is mostly ironic and observant. The most prominent theme in his work is the purposelessness and absurdity of existence. His earlier work consists mostly of absurd stories...
- M. VasalisM. VasalisMaria Vasalis was a Dutch poet and psychiatrist. M. Vasalis is the pseudonym of Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans. Vasalis is her Latinized maiden name....
(Margaretha Drooglever Fortuyn-Leenmans) - Simon VestdijkSimon VestdijkSimon Vestdijk was a Dutch writer.Born in the small town of Harlingen, Vestdijk studied medicine in Amsterdam, but turned to literature after a few years as a doctor. He became one of the most important 20th-century writers in the Netherlands. His prolificness as a novelist was legendary, but he...
- Roemer VisscherRoemer VisscherRoemer Pieterszoon Visscher was a successful Dutch merchant and writer in the period often called the Dutch Golden Age.-Life:...
- Joost van den VondelJoost van den VondelJoost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...
- Anne de VriesAnne de VriesAnne de Vries was a Dutch teacher and author. In the Netherlands he became particularly famous for his novels. He was married to Alida Gerdina van Wermeskerken, the couple had five children. In 1972, de Vries got national recognition when his novel Bartje was made into a television series by Willy...
- Theun de VriesTheun de VriesTheunis Uilke de Vries , was a Dutch writer and poet.- Life :De Vries was born in the Frisian town of Veenwouden. His parents moved to Apeldoorn in 1920. In 1936 he joined the Communist Party of the Netherlands and a year later he moved to Amsterdam to pursue a career in journalism...
- Leo VromanLeo VromanLeo Vroman is a Dutch-American hematologist, a prolific poet mainly in Dutch and an illustrator. Vroman was born in Gouda and he studied biology in Utrecht. When the Nazis occupied the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, he fled to London. From there he traveled to the Dutch East Indies. He finished his...
- Simon de WaalSimon de WaalSimon de Waal is a Dutch writer.He has specialized in television and film scripts, he won the Golden Calf in 2000 , for best screenplay for the film Leak.Leak also won best film, best director and best actor, and several international awards, making it one of the most successful Dutch films...
- Hans WarrenHans WarrenJohannes Adrianus Menne Warren was a Dutch writer. Much of his fame in the Netherlands derives from having published a collection of diaries in which he described his life and homosexual experiences in a country that deeply repressed homosexuality...
- Janwillem van de WeteringJanwillem van de WeteringJanwillem Lincoln van de Wetering was the author of a number of works in English and Dutch. He was particularly noted for his detective fiction, his most popular creations being Grijpstra and de Gier, a pair of Amsterdam police officers who figure in a lengthy series of novels and short stories...
- Willem WilminkWillem WilminkWillem Wilmink was a Dutch poet and writer. He was best known for his the large number of songs he wrote for popular children programs....
- Leon de WinterLeon de Winter- Early life :Leon de Winter was born on 24 February 1954 in Den Bosch, in the southern Netherlands. He grew up in an orthodox Jewish family and attended the gymnasium in Den Bosch. After his graduation he attended the academy of Bavaria Film Studios in Munich and the Netherlands Film Academy in...
- Betje WolffBetje WolffElizabeth Wolff-Bekker was a Dutch writer.On 18 November 1759 she married the 52-year-old clergyman Adriaan Wolff. In 1763 she published her first collection Bespiegelingen over het genoegen...
- Jan WolkersJan WolkersJan Hendrik Wolkers was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter.Wolkers is considered one of the "Great Four" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, along with Willem Frederik Hermans, Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve...
- Sadik YemniSadik YemniSadık Yemni is a Dutch novelist of Turkish extraction. He is known particularly for such "multi-cultural whodunits" as De roos van Amsterdam .- Bibliography :Published in Dutch:...
- Joost ZwagermanJoost ZwagermanJohannes Jacobus Willebrordus Zwagerman is a Dutch writer, poet, and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong.- Education :At the age of nine Joost Zwagerman was already engaged with texts...
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- Frank AdamFrank AdamFrank Adam is a Flemish author, mostly writing plays and philosophical works. He began writing in 1992. He is a member of the editorial team of the Dutch-language literary periodical De Brakke Hond and is a teacher at the writers academy in Bruges.Adam studied Arabic, Ancient Greek, Germanic...
- Roger AvermaeteRoger AvermaeteRoger Avermaete was a Belgian writer who wrote in Dutch and French.In 1968, he was part of the cross-arts team which created the Christophe Plantin Prize.-Sources:*...
- Pieter AspePieter AspePieter Aspe is a Belgian/Flemish writer of a series of detective stories starring inspector Van In.-Novels:-See also:* Flemish literature...
- Fernand AuweraFernand AuweraFerdinand Van der Auwera , pseudonym Fernand Auwera is a Belgian writer. His fragile health during his youth and its impact on his life , had an effect on his first literary work....
(Fernand Van der Auwera) - Aster Berkhof (Lode Van Den Bergh)
- Louis Paul BoonLouis Paul BoonLouis Paul Boon was a Flemish journalist and novelist who is considered one of the major 20th century writers in the Dutch language...
- Herman BrusselmansHerman BrusselmansHerman Frans Martha Brusselmans is a Flemish novelist, poet, playwright and columnist. He lives in Ghent.Herman Brusselmans studied Dutch and English at the University of Ghent. In his early twenties he was a successful football player. He played for Vigor Hamme and SK Lokeren. He now has his own...
- Cyriel BuysseCyriel BuysseCyrillus Gustave Emile "Cyriel", Baron Buysse was a Flemish naturalist author and playwright. He also wrote under following pseudonyms: Louis Bonheyden, Prosper Van Hove and Robert Palmer.-Biography:...
- Ernest ClaesErnest ClaesAndreas Ernestus Josephus Claes was a Flemish author.Some of his works are written under the pseudonym G...
- Paul ClaesPaul ClaesPaul Claes is a Flemish writer, poet and translator.Born in Leuven, Claes graduated in classical literature and Germanic philology . He obtained a PhD in 1981, with a disseration De mot zit in de mythe on references to classical texts in the works of Hugo Claus...
- Hugo ClausHugo ClausHugo Maurice Julien Claus was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director...
- Hendrik ConscienceHendrik ConscienceHenri "Hendrik" Conscience was a Belgian writer. He was a pioneer in writing in Dutch after the secession from the Netherlands in 1830 left Belgium a mostly French speaking country....
- Johan DaisneJohan DaisneJohan Daisne was the pseudonym of Flemish author Herman Thiery . Born in Ghent, Belgium, he attended the Koninklijk Atheneum before studying Economics and Slavic languages at Ghent University, receiving his doctorate in 1936...
(Herman Thiery) - Cornelis de BieCornelis de BieCornelis de Bie was a Brabant rederijker, poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier.He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies...
- Herman De ConinckHerman de ConinckHerman de Coninck was a Flemish poet, essayist, journalist and publisher.-Life:Herman de Coninck was born in Mechelen, Belgium, where his parents ran a Catholic bookshop. He attended the Sint-Rombouts College in Mechelen where he contributed to the school newspaper...
- Rita DemeesterRita DemeesterRita Bertha Maria Demeester was a Belgian poet and writer. She was born at Roeselare.-Education:She obtained a degree in social pedagogy from the Catholic University of Leuven.-Career:...
- Roger M.J. De NeefRoger M.J. De Neef-Bibliography:* Winterrunen * Lichaam mijn landing * De grote wolk * Gestorven getal * Gedichten van licht en overspel * De vertelkunst van de bloemen * De halsband van de duif * Blues for a reason...
- Filip De PillecynFilip De PillecynFilip De Pillecyn was a Belgian writer, and a member of the right-wing Flemish movement. He was born at Hamme, and died in Ghent.-Biography:* Pastor Denys * Monseigneur Bermijn de Paulus van Ortosland...
- Freddy de VreeFreddy de VreeFreddy de Vree , pseudonym Marie-Claire de Jonghe was a Belgian poet, literary critic and radiomaker. The past and death play an important role in his oeuvre. He was a friend of W.F. Hermans and Sylvia Kristel....
- Astère M. DhondtAstère M. Dhondt-Bibliography:* God in Vlaanderen, 1965.* Zeven geestige knaapjes, 1966.* De wilde jacht. Amsterdam, 1968.* Gezangen en gebeden. Een selektie 1965-1968, 1969.* De Koning en de Koningin van Sikkem in de Haarlemmerhouttuinen...
- Gaston DurnezGaston DurnezGaston Cyriel Durnez is a Flemish journalist and writer. He worked for the newspaper De Standaard, and he is one of the founders of the Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging.-Bibliography:* Muzenissen * Rijmenam...
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- Willem ElsschotWillem ElsschotWillem Elsschot , was a Flemish writer and poet . A few of his works have been translated into English.-Life:...
(Alfons de Ridder) - Jef GeeraertsJef GeeraertsJef Geeraerts is a Flemish writer. He was a colonial administrator in Belgian Congo. On the independence of the Congo he sent his wife and children back to Belgium and in August 1960 he himself returned to Belgium. During the next six years he was paid by the government . After that time he needed...
- Guido GezelleGuido GezelleGuido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle was an influential Flemish language writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium.- Life :...
- Marnix GijsenMarnix GijsenMarnix Gijsen 20 October 1899 - 29 September 1984) was a Flemish writer. His real name was Joannes Alphonsius Albertus Goris, his pseudonym relates to Marnix van Sint Aldegonde and the surname of his mother .-Early years:...
- Maurice GilliamsMaurice GilliamsMaurice, Baron Gilliams was a Flemish writer and poet. He was the son of printer Frans Gilliams, and he learned to be a typographer. On 27 August 1935, he married Gabriëlle Baelemans, but they separated soon thereafter, although a divorce would not take place until 1976 due to the resistance of...
- Jan HammeneckerJan HammeneckerJan Hammenecker was a Flemish Roman Catholic priest and writer. One of his pupils was Gerard Walschap.-Bibliography:* Verzen * Van Christus' apostelen * Oorlogsgetijden...
- Georges HebbelinckGeorges HebbelinckGeorges Hebbelinck was a Flemish writer.-Bibliography:* Kroesbal uit het Zoniënwoud * Het meisje in de kelder * De rozen van Kazanlik * De journalist...
- Kristien HemmerechtsKristien HemmerechtsKristien Hemmerechts is a Belgian writer.-Life:Kristien Hemmerechts studied Germanic philology at the Katholieke Universiteit Brussel and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven . Afterwards, she studied literary science in Amsterdam for a year. In Amsterdam she met her first husband—who was...
- Stefan HertmansStefan HertmansStefan Hertmans is a Flemish Belgian writer. He is head of a study centre at University College Ghent and affiliated researcher of the Ghent University...
- Emmanuel HielEmmanuel HielEmmanuel Hiel , was a Flemish-Dutch poet and prose writer.Hiel was born at Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde. During his life he held various jobs, from teacher and government official to journalist and bookseller, busily writing all the time both for the theatre and the magazines of North and South...
- Guido van HeulendonkGuido van HeulendonkGuido Beelaert pseudonym Guido van Heulendonk is a Flemish writer. The Flemish National Television made a film out of his first novel Hoogtevrees .He was born at Eeklo.-Bibliography:...
- Jotie T'HooftJotie T'HooftJohan Geeraard Adriaan T'Hooft was a Flemish Belgian neo-romantic poet.His life and death by overdose were made into a movie, the English title Junkie's Sorrow.-Life:Jotie T'Hooft was born in Oudenaarde, Belgium...
- C.C. Krijgelmans
- Eric de KuyperEric de KuyperEric de Kuyper is a Flemish-Belgian and Dutch writer, semiotician, art critic, and experimental film director. Fictionalized autobiographical novels, written in the 3rd-person, account for most of his creative work. His academic writing encompasses reviews, essays, articles, and books on...
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- Hubert LampoHubert LampoHubert Leon Lampo was a Flemish writer, one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders. His most famous book is...
- Tom LanoyeTom LanoyeTom Lanoye [lan-WA] is a Belgian novelist and poet who works in Antwerp and Cape Town . He gained widespread popularity in the early 1980s as part of the new generation of young Flemish novelists that included Herman Brusselmans and Kristien Hemmerechts...
- Hans Lodeizen
- Virginie LovelingVirginie LovelingVirginie Loveling was a Flemish author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories. She also wrote under the pseudonym W.E.C Walter.- Biography :...
- Patricia de MartelaerePatricia de MartelaerePatricia De Martelaere was a Flemish writer. She was born in Zottegem, Belgium. She graduated in philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven...
- Bob MendesBob MendesDavid Mendes pseudonym Bob Mendes is a Belgian accountant and writer of detective stories. He graduated in accountancy, fiscal duties and business administration and started his professional career as an accountant....
- Ivo MichielsIvo MichielsHenri Ceuppens , pseudonym Ivo Michiels is a Belgian writer. In 1965, he married Christiane Faes. In 1979, he established himself he as full-time writer in the Vaucluse ....
- Wies MoensWies MoensWies Moens was a literary historian, poet and pamphleteer from Flanders. He was also a founding member of the Verdinaso, but left the movement after its change of course in 1934....
- Jan van NijlenJan van NijlenJan van Nijlen was a Belgian writer and poet. He was born at Antwerp and died at Ukkel.-Bibliography:* Verzen * Het licht * Naar 't geluk * Negen verzen...
- Leonard NolensLeonard NolensLeon Helena Sylvain Nolens , pseudonym Leonard Nolens, is a Belgian poet and diary writer. He graduated from the Hoger Instituut voor Vertalers en Tolken in Antwerp.Nolens lives and works in Antwerp...
- Joris NoteJoris NoteJoris Note is a Belgian writer.He graduated in Germanic philology and started his career a scientific assistant Algemene Literatuurwetenschap and as a teacher. Together with Walter van den Broeck and Daniel Robberechts he was for several years an editor of the magazine Heibel...
- Paul van OstaijenPaul van OstaijenPaul van Ostaijen was a Flemish poet and writer.Van Ostaijen was born in Antwerp. His nickname was Mister 1830, because of his habit of walking along the streets of Antwerp clothed as a dandy from that year....
- Monika van PaemelMonika van PaemelBaroness Monika van Paemel is a Belgian writer. Born in Poesele, aged 14 she attended the Heilig Graf boarding school in Turnhout, where she graduated in commercial sciences. In 1963 she married Theo Butsen, whome she divorced some years later...
- Ivo Pauwels
- Leo PleysierLeo Pleysier-Bibliography:* Mirliton, een proeve van homofonie * Niets dan schreeuw * Negenenvijftig * Bladschaduwen * En wat zullen we over het sterven zeggen? * Het jaar van het dorp, of De razernij der winderige dagen...
- Anne ProvoostAnne ProvoostAnne Provoost Anne Provoost Anne Provoost (born 26 July 1964 in the Belgian town of Poperinge, is a Flemish author who now lives in Antwerp with her husband and three children.-Career:...
- Hugo RaesHugo RaesHugo Raes is a Belgian writer and poet.-Bibliography:* Jagen en gejaagd worden * Afro-europees * Links van de helikopterlijn * De vadsige koningen * Een tijdelijk monument...
- Daniel RobberechtsDaniel RobberechtsDaniël Robberechts was a Belgian writer.-Bibliography:* De labiele stilte * Tegen het personage * De grote schaamlippen...
- Albrecht RodenbachAlbrecht RodenbachAlbrecht Rodenbach was a Flemish poet, and a leader in the revival of Flemish literature that occurred in the late 19th Century. He is more noteworthy as a symbol of the Flemish movement, than for his actual activities, since he died at the age of 23...
- Willy RoggemanWilly RoggemanWilly Roggeman is a Belgian writer and jazz musician.-Bibliography:* De adem van de jazz * Het goudvisje * Blues voor glazen blazers * Yin/Yang * Literair labo * Jazzologie 1940-1965...
- Maria RosseelsMaria RosseelsMaria, Baroness Rosseels , also known with her pen name E. M. Vervliet, was a Belgian Catholic writer. The first years of her life, she lived in the Goedendagstraat in Borgerhout. When Maria was 7 years old, the family moved to Oostmalle, where she already started to write...
- Ward RuyslinckWard RuyslinckRaymond De Belser , pseudonym Ward Ruyslinck, is a Flemish writer. He is the son of Leo De Belser and Germaine Nauwelaers. His father was librarian at an oil company, and Ward Ruyslinck grew up in a Roman Catholic family. During the war the family moved to Mortsel.-Early life:At age 12, he had...
(Raymond Charles Marie de Belser) - Clem SchouwenaarsClem SchouwenaarsClem Schouwenaars was a Belgian writer. He grew up in a Roman catholic family. His youth was not a happy one. Two of his brothers an one of his sisters died young, and his only remaining sister was killed during a bombardment in 1943...
- Paul SnoekPaul SnoekEdmond André Coralie Schietekat pseudonym Paul Snoek, was a Belgian poet. He was a son of Omer William Schietekat, a textile manufacturer, and Paula Sylvia Snoeck. In 1961, he married Maria Magdalena Vereecke , and together they had three children, a twin Jan and Paul in 1963 and in 1966 Sophie...
- Lucienne StassaertLucienne StassaertLucienne Stassaert is a Belgian poet.-Bibliography:* Verhalen van de jonkvrouw met de spade * Bongobloesembloed * Fossiel * Het dagelijks feest...
- Stijn StreuvelsStijn StreuvelsStijn Streuvels, born Franciscus Petrus Maria Lateur, is a Flemish writer. He was born on 3 October 1871 in Heule, Kortrijk, and died in Ingooigem, Anzegem on 15 August 1969 at the age of 98. In 1905 he married Alida Staelens. They had 4 children: Paula , Paul , Dina and Isa...
- Herman TeirlinckHerman TeirlinckHerman Louis Cesar Teirlinck Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, 24 February 1879- Beersel-Lot, 4 February 1967, was a Belgian writer. He was the fifth child and only son of Isidoor Teirlinck and Oda van Nieuwenhove, who were both teachers in Brussels...
- Felix TimmermansFelix TimmermansLeopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans is a much translated author of Flanders.Timmermans was born in the Belgian city of Lier, as the thirteenth of fourteen children in the family. He died in Lier, aged 60. He was an autodidact, and wrote plays, historical novels, religious works, and poems. His...
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- Jos VandelooJos VandelooJosephus Albertus "Jos" Vandeloo is a Belgian writer and poet. He grew up in a mining family and graduated as a chemist for the mining industry....
- Walter van den BroeckWalter van den BroeckWalter Stefaan Karel van den Broeck is a Belgian writer and playwright. He graduated as a teacher in Dutch and History , and he started his career as a teacher....
- Roger van de VeldeRoger van de VeldeRoger van de Velde was a Belgian writer. He was a son of Jan Frans van de Velde and Maria Callaer...
- Karel van de WoestijneKarel van de WoestijneKarel van de Woestijne was a Flemish writer and brother of the painter Gustave van de Woestijne. He went to highschool at the Koninklijk Athenaeum at the Ottogracht in Ghent. He also studied Germanic philology at the University of Ghent, where he came into contact with French symbolism...
- Miriam Van hee
- Geert van IstendaelGeert van IstendaelGeert van Istendael is the pseudonym of Geert Maria Mauritius Julianus Vanistendael, a Belgian writer, poet and essayist. He studied sociology and philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. From 1987 until 1993, he worked as a journalist for the Belgian National Television and since 1993 he...
- Karel van Mander
- Eddy Van VlietEddy Van VlietEduard Léon Juliaan van Vliet was a Belgian writer and lawyer. He graduated in law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The fact that his father left his family, played an important role in his poetry....
- Peter VerhelstPeter VerhelstPeter Verhelst is a Belgian Flemish novelist, poet, and dramatist. He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for Tongkat. His latest novel is a political thriller, Zwerm.- Life :...
- Dimitri VerhulstDimitri VerhulstDimitri Verhulst is a Belgian writer and poet. He currently lives and works in Huccorgne.-Biography:Dimitri Verhulst comes from a broken home and spent his childhood in foster homes and institutes. As a writer, he made his debut in 1999 with a collection of stories, De kamer hiernaast about his...
- Eriek VerpaleEriek VerpaleEric Verpaele pseudonym Eriek Verpale is a Belgian writer. He attended a boarding school in Oostakker and studied Germanic and Slavic philology at the University of Ghent...
- Carla WalschapCarla WalschapCarla Walschap is a Belgian writer and a teacher. She is a daughter of the writer Gerard Walschap.-Bibliography:* Niet schreien, ouwe * Hart om hart * Rozen van Jericho...
- Gerard WalschapGerard WalschapJacob Lodewijk Gerard, Baron Walschap , was a Belgian writer.-Early life:He went to highschool at the Klein seminarie in Hoogstraten, and later in Asse. His Flemish awareness was in these days encouraged by the priest and poet Jan Hammenecker...
- Paul De WispelaerePaul De WispelaerePaul de Wispelaere is a Flemish writer.Born in Bruges, he attended high school at the Sint-Lodewijkscollege in Brussels, where he graduated in Greek-Latin. He studied Germanic philology at the University of Ghent and obtained a PhD in 1974...
- Lode ZielensLode ZielensLudovicus Carolus Zielens was a Flemish novelist and journalist.Born in Antwerp to a poor family, Lode Zielens worked in the docks. His first work, Schoolkolonie, was published in Elsevier’s Monthly Magazine. This brought him into contact with literary circles, including writers Herman Robbers and...
Surinamese writers and poets
- Albert Helman
- Cynthia McLeod
- Hugo Pos
- Astrid Roemer
- Trefossa (Henri Frans de Ziel)
- Shrinivasi (Martinus Haridat Lutchman)
AntillianNetherlands AntillesThe Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
writers and poets
- Boeli van Leeuwen
- Tip MaruggTip MaruggSilvio Alberto Marugg was a Dutch-Antillian writer and poet of Venezuelan/Swiss heritage. Marugg has written 3 novels in Dutch; Weekendpelgrimage , In de straten van Tepalka ; and De morgen loeit weer aan , which was nominated for a major Dutch literature prize...
- Frank Martinus ArionFrank Martinus ArionFrank Martinus Arion, pseudonym of Frank Efraim Martinus, was born on December 17, 1936 in Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles. He is an author and language advocate.He moved to the Netherlands in 1955 and returned to Curaçao in 1981...