List of Belgian women writers explained

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

• Michèle Fabien (1945–1999), French-language playwright
• Pascale Fonteneau (born 1963), French-born Belgian journalist and novelist, wrote crime fiction for Série noire
• Vera Feyder (born 1939), Belgian novelist, poet and playwright^[2]
• Maud Frère (1923–1979), French-language novelist^[3]

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

• Eugénie Hamer (1865–after 1926), French-language peace activist and writer
• Irène Hamoir (1906–1994), French-language surrealist poet, novelist
• Jacqueline Harpman (1929–2012), French-language novelist
• Marie-Louise Haumont (1919–2012), French-language novelist
• Kristien Hemmerechts (born 1955), Dutch-language novelist, short story writer

J

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

K

• Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff (1833-1917), Belgian activist, social reformer, journal editor

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

• Malika Madi (born 1967), French-language novelist of Algerian origin
• Nicole Malinconi (born 1946), French-language novelist
• Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930–2016), French-language novelist
• Cécile Miguel (1921–2001), French-language writer and artist^[6]
• Capucine Motte (born 1971), Belgian-born French novelist
• Chantal Mouffe (born 1943), political theorist, academic and writer
• Jeanine Moulin (1912–1998), poet, literary scholar

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

• Barbara Ogier (1648–1720), Flemish playwright

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

• Hilda Ram (1858–1901), Flemish writer
• Céline Renooz (1840–1928), non-fiction scientific works on evolution, epistemology, historiography
• Dominique Rolin (1913–2012), French-language novelist
• Maria Rosseels (1916–2005), Dutch-language journalist, novelist, essayist, critic
• Angélique de Rouillé (1756–1840), French-language letter writer

S

• Fanny Zampini Salazar (1853–1931), Belgian-born Italian writer and lecturer
• Aline Sax (born 1984), Flemish young people's novelist
• Carla Serena (1820–1884), writer and explorer
• Isabelle Spaak (born 1960), novelist, non-fiction writer
• Lize Spit (born 1988), Flemish novelist
• Lucienne Stassaert (born 1936), Dutch-language poet, playwright^[8]
• Irène Stecyk (born 1937), French language novelist^[9]

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), Dutch-language (often autobiographical) novelist^[10]
• Louise van den Plas (1877–1968), suffragist and French-language writer
• Sylvia Vanden Heede (born 1961), Flemish children's writer
• Hilde Vandermeeren (born 1970), Dutch-language children's writer, newspaper editor, novelist
• Annelies Verbeke (born 1976), Dutch-language writer, successful novelist, also short story writer, playwright
• Stephanie Vetter (1884–1974), Dutch-born Belgian novelist, short story writer, women's rights advocate
• Maria de Villegas de Saint-Pierre (1870–1941), French-language writer and nurse

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

• Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), French-language novelist, essayist, translator, first woman elected to the Académie française

See also

• List of women writers
• List of French-language authors
• List of Dutch-language writers

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Gubin, Eliane . Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles . 98–99 . 2006 . 2873864346 . fr.
2. Web site: Vera Feyder . La moisson des auteurs . fr.
3. Book: Makward, Christiane P . Dictionnaire littéraire des femmes de langue française: de Marie de France à Marie NDiaye . 251–53 . Cottenet-Hage, Madeleine . 1996 . 2865376761 . fr.
4. Web site: Lamrabet, Rachida . Espace créateur . Fondation Banque Populaire pour l'Education et la Culture . fr . 2016-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510100816/http://www.dimabladna.ma/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=427&idcreateur=255 . 2017-05-10 . dead .
5. Web site: Ariane Le Fort . Service du Livre Luxembourgeois . fr.
6. Web site: Cécile et André Miguel . Service du Livre Luxembourgeois . 1990 . fr.
7. Web site: Colette Nys-Mazure . Dossiers littérature française de Belgique . Service du Livre Luxembourgeois . fr.
8. Web site: Lucienne Stassaert. Poetry International Rotterdam. 29 January 2015 .
9. Web site: Stecyk, Irène . Association des Écrivains belges de langue française . fr.
10. Web site: Monika van Paemel. Nederlands letterenfonds. 29 January 2015 .
11. Web site: Dutch and Flemish Literature. glbtq. 29 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090401015136/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/dutch_flemish_lit,4.html. 1 April 2009.