List_of_Belgian_women_writers

List of Belgian women writers

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

  • Christine Aventin (born 1971), best selling novelist, author of Le cœur en poche when just 15

B

C

D

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

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References

  1. [1]
    Gubin, Eliane (2006). Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles (in French). pp. 98–99. ISBN 2873864346.
  2. [2]
    "Vera Feyder". La moisson des auteurs (in French).
  3. [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. [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. [5]
    "Ariane Le Fort" (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois.
  6. [6]
    "Cécile et André Miguel" (PDF) (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois. 1990.
  7. [7]
    "Colette Nys-Mazure" (PDF). Dossiers littérature française de Belgique (in French). Service du Livre Luxembourgeois.
  8. [8]
    "Lucienne Stassaert". Poetry International Rotterdam. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Stecyk, Irène" (in French). Association des Écrivains belges de langue française.
  10. [10]
    "Monika van Paemel". Nederlands letterenfonds. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  11. [11]
    "Dutch and Flemish Literature". glbtq. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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