List of Belgian women writers

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 (1966–2018), French-language novelist, journalist

C

  • Jeanne Cappe (1895–1956), French-language young adults writer, journalist, editor
  • Élise Champagne (1897–1983), French-language poet, journalist[1]
  • Marie Closset (1873–1952), French-language poet, pen name Jean Dominique
  • Anne Cluysenaar (1936–2014), Belgian-born Irish poet
  • Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931), French-language novelist, poet, feminist
  • Joanna Courtmans (1811–1890), Dutch-language poet, novelist
  • Coralie van den Cruyce (1796–1858), writer, feminist and poet, writing in French

D

  • Saskia De Coster (born 1976), Dutch-language short story writer, novelist, columnist
  • Christine D'haen (1923–2009), Dutch-language poet, biographer, translator
  • Eugénie De Keyser (1918–2012), French-language essayist, novelist, educator
  • Patricia De Martelaere (1957–2009), Dutch-language novelist, essayist, non-fiction philosophical works
  • Els de Schepper (born 1965), Flemish actress and writer
  • Gabriëlle Demedts (1909–2002), Flemish poet
  • Rita Demeester (1946–1993), Dutch-language poet, novelist
  • Sophie Deroisin, pen name of Marie de Romrée de Vichenet, (1909–1994), French-language novelist
  • Maria Doolaeghe (1803–1884), Dutch-language poet, translator, non-fiction writer
  • Louis Dubrau, pen name of Louise Janson-Scheidt, (1904–1997), French-language poet, novelist

F

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
  • Caroline Gravière (1821–1878), French-language novelist
  • Éliane Gubin (born 1942), French-language historian, researcher, professor

H

J

  • Lieve Joris (born 1953), non-fiction Dutch-language writer specializing in travel in Africa and the Middle East

K

L

  • Rachida Lamrabet (born 1970), Dutch-language novelist, short story writer, playwright[4]
  • Ariane Le Fort (born 1960), French-language journalist, novelist[5]
  • Suzanne Lilar (1901–1992), French-language journalist, essayist, novelist, playwright, feminist
  • Rosalie Loveling (1834–1875), Dutch-language poet, novelist, essayist
  • Virginie Loveling (1836–1923), younger sister of Rosalie (above), Dutch-language poet, novelist, essayist and children's writer

M

N

  • Alice Nahon (1896–1933), Dutch-language poet
  • Marie Nizet (1859–1922), French-language poet
  • Amélie Nothomb (born 1966), highly successful French-language novelist, short story writer, several works translated into English
  • Colette Nys-Mazure (born 1939), French-language poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, several works translated into English[7]

O

P

  • Marie Parent (1853–1934), Belgian journal editor, temperance activist, feminist and suffragist
  • Sophie Podolski (1953–1974), French-language poet and graphic artist
  • Anne Provoost (born 1964), Dutch-language novelist, essayist and short story writer, often writing for young adults
  • Maria Pypelinckx (1538–1608), Dutch-language writer

R

S

U

  • Chika Unigwe (born 1974), Nigerian-born, Belgian-immigrant novelist, short story writer, poet, children's writer, writes in Dutch and English

V

W

  • Carla Walschap (born 1932), Dutch-language novelist, evoking lesbianism in De Eskimo en de roos[11]
  • Monique Watteau (born 1929), acclaimed French-language novelist, illustrator
  • Sandrine Willems (born 1968), French-language writer, television documentary director
  • Évelyne Wilwerth (born 1947), French-language poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright
  • Liliane Wouters (1930–2016), poet, playwright, essayist, several works translated into English

Y

See also

References

  1. ^ Gubin, Eliane (2006). Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles (in French). pp. 98–99. ISBN 2873864346.
  2. ^ "Vera Feyder". La moisson des auteurs (in French).
  3. ^ Makward, Christiane P; Cottenet-Hage, Madeleine (1996). Dictionnaire littéraire des femmes de langue française: de Marie de France à Marie NDiaye (in French). pp. 251–53. ISBN 2865376761.
  4. ^ "Lamrabet, Rachida". Espace créateur (in French). Fondation Banque Populaire pour l'Education et la Culture. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  5. ^ "Ariane Le Fort" (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois.
  6. ^ "Cécile et André Miguel" (PDF) (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois. 1990.
  7. ^ "Colette Nys-Mazure" (PDF). Dossiers littérature française de Belgique (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois.
  8. ^ "Lucienne Stassaert". Poetry International Rotterdam. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Stecyk, Irène" (in French). Association des Écrivains belges de langue française.
  10. ^ "Monika van Paemel". Nederlands letterenfonds. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Dutch and Flemish Literature". glbtq. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

External links

  • Renée Laurentine, Les écrivaines francophones de Belgique au XXe siècle
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