List of Belgian women writers
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This is a list of women writers who were born in Belgium or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
- Christine Aventin (born 1971), best selling novelist, author of Le cœur en poche when just 15
B
- Julia Bastin (1888–1968), French-language educator, novelist, translator
- Marguerite Baulu ((1870–1942), French-language novelist
- Gabrielle Bernard (1893–1963), Walloon-language poet
- Rose Berryl (born 1982), novelist
- Bessora (born 1968), French-language novelist, short story writer
- Madeleine Bourdouxhe (1906–1996), French-language novelist
- Caroline Boussart (1893–1963), French-language journalist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, feminist
- Louise Bovie (1810–1870), French-language poet, short story writer
- Renée Brock (1912–1980), French-language poet, short story writer
- Elisa Brune (born 1966), French-language novelist, journalist
C
- Jeanne Cappe (1895–1956), French-language young adults writer, journalist, editor
- Marie Closset (1873–1952), French-language poet, pen name Jean Dominique
- Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931), French-language novelist, poet, feminist
- Joanna Courtmans (1811–1890), Flemish-language poet, novelist
D
- Saskia De Coster (born 1976), Flemish-language short story writer, novelist, columnist
- Christine D'haen (1923–2009), Flemish-language poet, biographer, translator
- Eugénie De Keyser (1918–2012), French-language essayist, novelist, educator
- Patricia De Martelaere (1957–2009), Flemish-language novelist, essayist, non-fiction philosophical works
- Rita Demeester (1946–1993), Flemish-language poet, novelist
- Sophie Deroisin, pen name of Marie de Romrée de Vichenet, (1909–1994), French-language novelist
- Maria Doolaeghe (1803–1884), Flemish-language poet, translator, non-fiction writer
- Louis Dubrau, pen name of Louise Janson-Scheidt, (1904–1997), French-language poet, novelist
F
- Pascale Fonteneau (born 1963), French-born Belgian journalist and novelist, wrote crime fiction for Série noire
G
- Michèle Gérard (1945–1999), playwright, translator, used the pen name Michèle Fabien
- Marie Gevers (1883–1975), French-language novelist, translator, first women elected to Belgium's French-language academy
H
- Irène Hamoir (1906–1994), French-language surrealist poet, novelist
- Jacqueline Harpman (1929–2019), French-language novelist
- Kristien Hemmerechts (born 1955), Flemish-language novelist, short story writer
J
- Lieve Joris (born 1953), non-fiction Dutch-language writer specializing in travel in Africa and the Middle East
L
- Suzanne Lilar (1901–1992), French-language journalist, essayist, novelist, playwright, feminist
- Rosalie Loveling (1834–1875), Flemish-language poet, novelist, essayist
- Virginie Loveling (1836-1923), elder sister of Rosalie (above), Flemish-language poet, novelist, essayist and children's writer
M
- Malika Madi (born 1967), French-language novelist of Algerian origin
- Nicole Malinconi (born 1946), French-language novelist
N
- Alice Nahon (1896–1933), Flemish-language poet
- Amélie Nothomb (born 1966), highly successful French-language novelist, short story writer, several works translated into English
P
- Anne Provoost (born 1964), Flemish-language novelist, essayist and short story writer, often writing for young adults
R
- Dominique Rolin (1913–2012), French-language novelist
- Maria Rosseels (1916–2005), Flemish-language journalist, novelist, essayist, critic
- Angélique de Rouillé (1756–1840), French-language letter writer
S
- Lucienne Stassaert (born 1936), Flemish-language poet, playwright[1]
U
- Chika Unigwe (born 1974), Nigerian-born, Belgian-immigrant novelist, short story writer, poet, children's writer, writes in Dutch and English
V
- Marianne Van Hirtum (1925–1988), French-language surrealist poet
- Monika van Paemel (born 1945), Flemish-language (often autobiographical) novelist[2]
- Annelies Verbeke (born 1976), Flemish-language writer, successful novelist, also short story writer, playwright
- Stephanie Vetter (1884–1974), Dutch-born Belgian novelist, short story writer, women's rights advocate
W
- Carla Walschap (born 1932), Flemish-language novelist, evoking lesbianism in De Eskimo en de roos[3]
- Monique Watteau (born 1929), acclaimed French-language novelist, illustrator
- Évelyne Wilwerth (born 1947), French-language poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright
- Liliane Wouters (born 1939), poet, playwright, essayist, several works translated into English
Y
- Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), French-language novelist, essayist, translator, first woman elected to the Académie française
See also
References
- ↑ "Lucienne Stassaert". Poetry International Rotterdam. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Monika van Paemel". Nederlands letterenfonds. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Dutch and Flemish Literature". glbtq. Retrieved 29 January 2015.