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

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

H

J

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

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), elder 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 (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

  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.
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