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.

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

• 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

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. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. 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