This list of Dutch writers includes authors who have written works in the

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. In cases where the writer uses a

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, the real name is added between brackets.

Netherlands writers and poets

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Bertus Aafjes Lambertus Jacobus Johannes "Bertus" Aafjes (May 12, 1914 – April 22, 1993) was a Dutch poet noteworthy for his poems about resistance to German occupation during World War II. was born in Amsterdam, married and was the father of 3 daughters ...

* Kader Abdolah * Gerrit Achterberg * Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema * Jan van Aken *

Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm (8 July 1820 – 17 March 1889) was a Dutch writer. In his triple capacity of art critic, philologist, and poet, Alberdingk Thijm was an important figure of Catholic literature. After finishing his studies in his n ...

* Arnold Aletrino * Robert Anker * Jan Arends *

Simone Atangana Bekono Simone Atangana Bekono (born 1991) is a Dutch author. Her debut novel ''Confrontations'' was published in 2020 and translated to English in 2024. Atangana Bekono studied creative writing at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem. In 2017, she pub ...

A. C. Baantjer Albert Cornelis "Appie" Baantjer (16 September 1923 – 29 August 2010) was a Dutch people, Dutch author of detective fiction and police officer. Baantjer is mostly known for his commercially successful detective series surrounding police inspec ...

* Marijn Backer *

Hassan Bahara Hassan Bahara (born 1978 in Teroua n'Aït Izou, Morocco) is a Moroccan-Dutch writer. He grew up in Amsterdam. He won the "El Hizjra Prize for Literature" in both 2000 and 2001. ''Een verhaal uit de stad Damsko'' is his debut novel. Bahara is edi ...

* Sevtap Baycılı *

Beatrice of Nazareth Beatrice of Nazareth (; 1200 – 1268), also known as Beatrice of Tienen, was a Flemish Cistercian nun, visionary and mystic. Remembered chiefly through a medieval adaptation of her writings, of which the originals are now mostly lost, ...

* Thea Beckman * Nicolaas Beets * J. Bernlef (Hendrik Jan Marsman) *

Cornelis de Bie Cornelis de Bie (10 February 1627 – ) was a Flemish '' rederijker'', poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier. He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies. He is known internationally today for his biographical sketches of Flemish ...

Paul Biegel Paulus Johannes "Paul" Biegel (25 March 1925 – 21 October 2006) was a Dutch writer of children's literature. Biography Paul Biegel was born in Bussum in 1925. His father, Hermann Biegel, was of German descent, and owned a building materials s ...

* Aristide von Bienefeldt *

Maarten Biesheuvel Maarten Biesheuvel (23 May 1939 in Schiedam – 30 July 2020 in Leiden) was a Dutch writer of short stories and novellas. He made his literary debut in 1972 with the short story collection ''In de bovenkooi''. He received the Ferdinand Bordewijk ...

* Carli Biessels *

J.C. Bloem Jakobus Cornelis (Jacques) Bloem (10 May 1887, Oudshoorn – 10 August 1966, Kalenberg) was a Dutch poet and essayist. Between 1921 and 1958 he published fourteen volumes of poetry. In 1949 he won the Constantijn Huygensprijs, one of the country ...

Marion Bloem Marion Bloem (born 24 August 1952 in Arnhem, the Netherlands) is a Dutch writer and film maker of Indo (mixed Dutch and Indonesian) descent, best known as author of the literary acclaimed book ''Geen gewoon Indisch meisje'' (''No Ordinary Indo ...

* Godfried Bomans *

Ferdinand Bordewijk Ferdinand Bordewijk (10 October 1884 – 28 April 1965) was a Dutch author. His style, which is terse and symbolic, is considered to belong to New Objectivity and magic realism. He was awarded the P.C. Hooft Award, P. C. Hooft Award in 1953 and ...

* Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint *

Hafid Bouazza Hafid Bouazza (, ḥafīẓ būʿazza; 8 March 1970 – 29 April 2021) was a Moroccan-Dutch writer. Born in Oujda, Morocco, Bouazza came to the Netherlands in October 1977 as a seven-year-old boy. He lived with his parents in the village Arkel, ...

Menno ter Braak Menno ter Braak (26 January 1902 – 14 May 1940) was a Dutch modernist writer, critic, essayist, and journalist. Early career Ter Braak was born in Eibergen and grew up in the town of Tiel where he was an exemplary student. He went on to th ...

Hugo Brandt Corstius Hugo Brandt Corstius (29 August 1935 – 28 February 2014) was a Dutch author, known for his achievements in both literature and science. In 1970, he was awarded a PhD on the subject of computational linguistics. He was employed at the Mathemat ...

Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero (16 March 1585 – 23 August 1618) was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age. Life Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero was born on 16 March 1585 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic, where ...

* Jan ten Brink *

Jeroen Brouwers Jeroen Godfried Marie Brouwers (30 April 1940 – 11 May 2022) was a Dutch writer. From 1964 to 1976 Brouwers worked as an editor at Manteau publishers in Brussels. In 1964 he made his literary debut with ''Het mes op de keel'' (''The Knife t ...

Boudewijn Büch Boudewijn Maria Ignatius Büch (14 December 1948 – 23 November 2002) was a Dutch writer, poet and television presenter. Early life Büch was born in a Catholic family. He was born in a hospital in The Hague and spent his childhood in Wass ...

Jacob Buyens van Mol Jacob Buyens van Mol (died 12 June 1604) was a Flemish Dominican friar, priest and writer. Biography Jacob ( French: Jacques) Buyens was born in Mol, in the Campine region of north-eastern Belgium. He entered the Dominicans in Antwerp and became ...

Conrad Busken Huet Conrad Busken Huet (28 December 1826, The Hague – 1 May 1886, Paris) was a Dutch pastor, journalist and literary critic. Biography Busken Huet, son of a Hague civil servant, attended Gymnasium Haganum and studied theology at Leiden Universi ...

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Jan Campert Jan Remco Theodoor Campert (Spijkenisse, 15 August 1902 – 12 January 1943) was a Dutch journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam. During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II Campert was arrested for aiding ...

Remco Campert Remco Campert (28 July 1929 – 4 July 2022) was a Dutch author, poet and columnist. Early years Remco Wouter Campert was born in The Hague, son of writer and poet Jan Campert, author of the poem ''De achttien dooden'', and actress Joekie Bro ...

Simon Carmiggelt Simon Carmiggelt (; 7 October 191330 November 1987) was a Dutch writer, journalist, and poet who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns and his television appearances. Biography Simon Johannes ...

Jacob Cats Jacob Cats (10 November 1577 – 12 September 1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books. Early years Jacob Cats was born on 10 November 1577 in Brouwershaven. Having lost his mother at ...

Isabelle de Charrière Isabelle de Charrière (; ; 20 October 174027 December 1805), also known as Madame de Charrière and in the Netherlands as Belle van Zuylen (), was a Dutch and Swiss writer of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment who lived the latter h ...

Antoon Coolen Antoon Coolen (April 17, 1897–November 9, 1961) was a well-known Dutch writer of novels. He wrote the ''Boekenweekgeschenk'' for the Boekenweek In the Netherlands, the Boekenweek (; English: Book Week) is an annual "week" of ten days dedicat ...

* Igor Cornelissen *

Willy Corsari Wilhelmina Angela Schmidt (26 December 1897 – 11 May 1998), known by her stage name and pen name Willy Corsari, was a Dutch writer, actress and composer. She is noted for her detective fiction and has been termed the Dutch Agatha Christie. Bo ...

Louis Couperus Louis Marie-Anne Couperus (10 June 1863 – 16 July 1923) was a Dutch novelist and poet. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological fiction, psychological and historical fiction, historical novels, novellas, short ...

Rudi van Dantzig Rudi van Dantzig (4 August 1933 – 19 January 2012) was a Dutch choreographer, company director, and writer. He was a pivotal figure in the rise to world renown of Dutch ballet in the latter half of the twentieth century. He was co-director and ...

* P.A. Daum * Aagje Deken *

Maria Dermoût Maria Dermoût (15 June 1888 – 27 June 1962) was an Indo-European novelist, considered one of the greats of Dutch literature and as such an important proponent of Dutch Indies literature. In December 1958 ''Time'' magazine praised the ...

Lodewijk van Deyssel Lodewijk van Deyssel was the pseudonym of Karel Joan Lodewijk Alberdingk Thijm (22 September 1864, Amsterdam – 26 January 1952), a Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch peop ...

(K.J.L. Alberdingk Thijm) *

Adriaan van Dis Adriaan van Dis (Bergen aan Zee, 16 December 1946) is a Dutch author. He debuted in 1983 with the novella ''Nathan Sid''. In 1995 his book ''Indische Duinen'' (''My Father's War''), which in its narrative is a follow-up to his debut novella, wa ...

* Johnny van Doorn *

Renate Dorrestein Renate Maria Dorrestein (25 January 1954 – 4 May 2018) was a Dutch writer, journalist and feminist. She started working as a junior journalist for the Dutch magazines ''Libelle'' and ''Panorama''. During the period 1977 - 1982 she published in ...

Bart FM Droog Bartelomeus Frederik Maria (Bart FM) Droog (born 18 February 1966, Emmen) is a Dutch poet, anthologist and researcher. As a poet, Droog performed on stages inside and outside the Netherlands, notably with De Dichters uit Epibreren, a group consis ...

Imme Dros Imme Dros (born 26 September 1936, Oudeschild, Texel) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Life Dros grew up on the island of Texel. She studied Dutch in Amsterdam. There she met her husband Harrie Geelen, with whom she had three child ...

Frederik van Eeden Frederik Willem van Eeden (3 April 1860, Haarlem – 16 June 1932, Bussum) was a late 19th-century and early 20th-century Dutch writer and psychiatrist. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers and the Significs Group, and had top billing amo ...

* Jan Eekhout *

Justus van Effen Justus van Effen (21 February 1684 – 18 September 1735) was a Dutch writer, who wrote chiefly in French but also made crucial contributions to Dutch literature. A journalist, he imitated ''The Spectator'' with the publication of the Dutch-lang ...

* Margriet Ehlen *

Marcellus Emants Marcellus Emants (12 August 1848 – 14 October 1923) was a Dutch novelist whose work is considered one of the few examples of Dutch Naturalism. His writing is seen as a first step towards the renewing force of the Tachtigers towards modern Du ...

* Jan Fabricius *

Johan Fabricius Johan Johannes Fabricius (24 August 1899 – 21 June 1981), who published in English as Johan Wigmore Fabricius, was a Dutch writer, journalist and adventurer. Fabricius was born in Bandung, Java. He wrote approximately 60 books, among the ...

Louis Fles Levie Jacob "Louis" Fles (19 October 1872 – 24 May 1940) was a Dutch businessman, activist and author. He is best known for writing and broadcasting against Zionism, Nazism, and organized religion. A self-described freethinker, Fles was a vocal ...

(Dr. W. Bottema C.Az.) *

Anne Frank Annelies Marie Frank (, ; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945)Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed"New research sheds new li ...

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Ida Gerhardt Ida Gerhardt (11 May 1905 in Gorinchem – 15 August 1997 in Warnsveld) was a classicist and Dutch poet of a post-symbolist tradition. Life In her hometown Rotterdam Ida Gerhardt attended the Erasmus Gymnasium, where the poet J.H. Leopold was h ...

Wim Gijsen Wim Gijsen (20 August 1933, in Zwolle – 30 October 1990) was a Dutch science fiction and fantasy writer. Biography Wim Gijsen was one of the Netherlands' most successful writers of modern science fiction and fantasy books. Previously he had be ...

* Theo van Gogh *

Herman Gorter Herman Gorter (; 26 November 1864 – 15 September 1927) was a Dutch poet and council communist theoretician. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers, a highly influential group of Dutch writers who worked together in Amsterdam in the 1880 ...

* Hermine de Graaf * Arnon Grünberg *

Robert van Gulik Robert Hans van Gulik (, 9 August 1910 – 24 September 1967) was a Dutch orientalist, diplomat, musician (of the guqin), and writer, best known for the Judge Dee historical mysteries, the protagonist of which he borrowed from the 18th-century ...

Lale Gül Lale Gül (Amsterdam, 3 November, 1997) is a Dutch writer of Turkish descent. Gül was raised in a strict Islamic-religious family in Amsterdam-West. During the week she would attend regular school, and during the weekend she would visit an Isla ...

Halil Gür Halil Gür (born 14 February 1951, in Karakese) is a Turkish-born Dutch writer who made his debut with his novel 'Crazy Mustafa and other stories' in 1984. He was the pioneer of a large group of Dutch writers from non-western cultures. The fact ...

* Jacob Haafner *

Hella Haasse Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse (2 February 1918 – 29 September 2011) was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel '' Oeroeg'' (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her ...

Hadewych Hadewijch (), sometimes referred to as Hadewych or Hadewig (of Brabant or of Antwerp), was a 13th-century poet and mystic, probably living in the Duchy of Brabant. Most of her extant writings are in a Brabantian form of Middle Dutch. Her writ ...

Maarten 't Hart Maarten 't Hart (born 25 November 1944 in Maassluis) is a Dutch writer. Trained as a biologist in zoology and ethology at the Leiden University, he taught that subject before becoming a full-time writer in the 1980s, having made his debut as a ...

Jan de Hartog Jan de Hartog (April 22, 1914 – September 22, 2002) was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker. Early life In 1914, Jan de Hartog was born to a D ...

* Havank * Simon Heere Heeresma *

Willem Frederik Hermans Willem Frederik Hermans (; 1 September 192127 April 1995) was a Dutch author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, as well as book-length studies, essays, and literary criticism. His most famous works are ''The House of Refuge'' (novella, 195 ...

* Willy van der Heide ( Willem van den Hout) * A.F.Th. van der Heijden *

Herman Heijermans Herman Heijermans (3 December 1864 – 22 November 1924), was a Dutch playwright, novelist and sketch story writer, who is considered to be the greatest Dutch dramatist of the modern era. He is the most notable playwright from the Netherlands ...

*Hildebrand ( Nicolaas Beets) *

Etty Hillesum Esther "Etty" Hillesum (15 January 1914 – 30 November 1943) was a History of the Jews in the Netherlands, Dutch Jewish author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of Jewish people ...

* Hinrek van Alckmer * Marga Hoek *

Wim Hofman Wim Hofman ( Oostkapelle, February 2, 1941) is a Dutch author. After elementary school he joined the seminary in Sterksel, because he wanted to become a missionary. He started writing books early, and published his first novel, "Welwel, de zeer g ...

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (; 16 March 158121 May 1647) - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright who lived during the Dutch Golden Age in literature. Life Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, often abbreviated ...

Constantijn Huygens Sir Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem ( , , ; 4 September 159628 March 1687), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was also secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist C ...

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Victor Ido Victor Ido (8 February 1869, in Surabaya – 20 May 1948, in The Hague) is the main alias of the Indo (Eurasian) Dutch language writer and journalist Hans van de Wall. Born in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as t ...

Arthur Japin Arthur Valentijn Japin (b. Haarlem, 26 July 1956) is a Dutch novelist. He has won almost every prestigious prize in Dutch literature, including the Libris Prize for his 2005 novel ''Een Schitterend Gebrek''. Biography Arthur Japin, son of a teach ...

* Jacques de Kadt * George Kettmann * Piet J. Kroonenberg * Richard Klinkhamer *

Willem Kloos Willem Johannes Theodorus Kloos (; 6 May 1859 – 31 March 1938) was a nineteenth-century Dutch poet and literary critic. He was one of the prominent figures of the Movement of Eighty and became editor in chief of '' De Nieuwe Gids'' after the e ...

Gerrit Komrij Gerrit Jan Komrij (30 March 1944 – 5 July 2012) was a Dutch poet, novelist, translator, critic, polemic journalist and playwright. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s, writing poetry that sharply contrasted with the free form poetry, free- ...

Hans Koning Hans Koning (born Hans Königsberger, July 12, 1921 – April 13, 2007) was a Dutch American author of over 40 fiction and non-fiction books. Koning was also a prolific journalist, contributing for almost 60 years to many periodicals including '' ...

* Rudy Kousbroek *

Tim Krabbé Hans Maarten Timotheus "Tim" Krabbé (born 13 April 1943) is a Dutch journalist, novelist and chess player. Krabbé was born in Amsterdam. His writing has appeared in most major periodicals in the Netherlands. Once a competitive cyclist, he is kn ...

Gerrit Krol Gerrit Krol (1 August 1934 − 24 November 2013) was a Dutch author, essayist and writer. Krol was born in Groningen. He studied mathematics and worked with Royal Dutch Shell and some of its operating units as computer programmer and system des ...

Eric de Kuyper Eric de Kuyper (born 2 September 1942) is a Flemish-Belgian and Dutch writer, semiologist, art critic, and experimental film director. Fictionalized autobiographical novels, written in the 3rd-person, account for most of his creative work. His ...

Theo Lalleman Theo Lalleman (25 July 1946 – 26 December 2013) was a Dutch writer, publisher, video-artist, and cultural entrepreneur, known from his many cultural initiatives. Lalleman was born in Pijnacker, and attended the Christelijk Lyceum in Delft, where ...

Jacob van Lennep Jacob van Lennep (24 March 1802 – 25 August 1868) was a Dutch poet and novelist. Early years He was born in Amsterdam, where his father, David Jacob van Lennep (1774–1853), a scholar and poet, was professor of eloquence and the classical lan ...

Jacobus van Looy Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (12 September 1855 – 24 February 1930) was a Dutch painter and writer. Biography Van Looy was the son of a carpenter, but his father lost his job when his eyesight began to fail. His mother died when he was five y ...

Lucebert Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk (15 September 1924 – 10 May 1994), known professionally as Lucebert (), was a Dutch artist who first became known as the poet of the COBRA movement. He was born in Amsterdam in 1924. He entered the Institute f ...

(L.J.Swaanswijk)

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* Philips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde * Cissy van Marxveldt *

Ischa Meijer Israël Chaim "Ischa" Meijer (14 February 1943 – 14 February 1995) was a Dutch journalist, television presenter, radio presenter, critic and author. Youth Ischa Meijer was born as the oldest child of historian Jaap Meijer and Liesbeth Voe ...

Willem de Mérode Willem de Mérode (September 2, 1887 in Spijk (Groningen), Spijk – May 22, 1939 in Brummen, Eerbeek) was the pseudonym of the Dutch poet, Willem Eduard Keuning. Biography Willem Eduard Keuning was born in the Netherlands on 2 September 1 ...

Nicolaas Matsier Nicolaas Matsier (born Krommenie, 25 May 1945) is a Dutch novelist. Nicolaas Matsier is a pseudonym of Tjit Reinsma. Prizes * 1987: Zilveren Griffel for ''Ida stak een zebra over''. * 1995: Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize for his novel '' Gesloten hui ...

(Tjit Reinsma) * Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma * Marga Minco (Sara Voeten-Minco) * Jan Mulder *

Harry Mulisch Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch (; 29 July 192730 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into 38 languages so far. Along with Willem Fre ...

Multatuli Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 182019 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin ''multa tulī'', "I have suffered much"), was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel ''Max Havelaar'' (1860), which denounced the a ...

(Eduard Douwes Dekker) *

Nescio Jan Hendrik Frederik Grönloh (born 22 June 1882 in Amsterdam; died 25 July 1961 in Hilversum), known by his pen name of Nescio (Latin for "I don't know"), was a Dutch writer. Grönloh was a businessman by profession, but as Nescio he is mainl ...

(J.H.F.Grönloh) *

Carel van Nievelt Carel van Nievelt (June 20, 1843 in Delfshaven – August 2, 1913 in Wiesbaden) was a Dutch novelist and journalist who also published using the pseudonyms Gabriël and J. van den Oude. He wrote travel stories and fantasies. Biography Van Nieve ...

(Gabriël, J. van den Oude) *

Cees Nooteboom Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria "Cees" Nooteboom (; born 31 July 1933) is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel '' Rituals'' (''Rituelen'', 1980), which won the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his n ...

Henri Nouwen Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen (January 24, 1932 – September 21, 1996) was a Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian. His interests were rooted primarily in psychology, pastoral ministry, spirituality, social justice and commun ...

Martinus Nijhoff Martinus Nijhoff (20 April 1894, in The Hague – 26 January 1953, in The Hague) was a Dutch poet and essayist. He studied literature in Amsterdam and law in Utrecht. His debut was in 1916 with his volume ''De wandelaar'' ('The Wanderer'). He th ...

* Inte Onsman *

Olga Orman Olga Orman (9 November 1943 – 7 March 2021) was a Dutch-Aruban writer, poet and storyteller. She wrote both in Papiamento and Dutch language, Dutch. Orman introduced ''kamishibai'', a Japanese form of storytelling, to the Netherlands and the ABC ...

* Piet Paaltjens (François Haverschmidt) * Johannes Hendricus van der Palm *

Connie Palmen Aldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria "Connie" Palmen (born 25 November 1955) is a Dutch author. Palmen debuted with the novel ''De wetten'' (1990), published in the United States as ''The Laws'' (1993), translated by Richard Huijing. ''The Laws'' ...

Edgar du Perron Edgar is a commonly used masculine English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Edgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and '' gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the Late Middle Ages; it was, howeve ...

* Sophia Elizabeth Peeters * Marianne Philips *

Gerard Reve Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (14 December 1923 – 8 April 2006) was a Dutch writer. He started writing as Simon Gerard van het Reve and adopted the shorter Gerard Reve in 1973. Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he i ...

* Frank van Ree *

Adriaan Roland Holst Adriaan Roland Holst (Amsterdam, 23 May 1888 – Bergen, North Holland, 5 August 1976) was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize. He was nominated for t ...

Tomas Ross Tomas Ross may refer to: * Tomas Ross (writer) * Tomas Ross (actor) * Tomas Ross (trial lawyer) See also * Thomas Ross (disambiguation) {{hndis, Ross, Tomas ...

* Maarten van Rossem *

Renate Rubinstein Renate Ida Rubinstein (16 November 1929 – 23 November 1990) was a Germans, German-Dutch people, Dutch writer, journalist and columnist. Biography Rubinstein was born on 16 November 1929 in Berlin, Germany, to a Jewish father and non-Jew ...

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Annet Schaap Annet Schaap (born 27 February 1965, Ochten) is a Dutch illustrator and writer of children's literature. Biography Schaap studied at an art school in Kampen ( Christelijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten) and later at the Royal Academy of A ...

* Arthur van Schendel *

Bert Schierbeek Lambertus Roelof (Bert) Schierbeek (18 June 1918, Glanerbrug, Overijssel – 9 June 1996, Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer. He won numerous awards throughout his career, amongst them the 1991 Constantijn Huygens Prize. During the German occupati ...

Annie M. G. Schmidt Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt (20 May 1911 – 21 May 1995) was a Dutch writer. She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "delicious Dutch idiom," and considered ...

* Abraham Louis Schneiders * Anja Sicking *

Arend Fokke Simonsz Arend Fokke Simonsz (3 July 1755 – 15 November 1812) was a Dutch writer and intellectual. Biography Arend Fokke Simonsz was born to Simon and Cornelia Fokke. Simonsz is best remembered as a writer, but was also an important figure in the liter ...

* J. Slauerhoff *

Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel (11 March 1549 – 4 January 1612) was one of the most important writers and thinkers from Amsterdam in the second half of the sixteenth century. Spiegel was born in Amsterdam and is seen as a forerunner to the Gold ...

* F. Springer *

Hilda van Stockum Hilda Gerarda van Stockum (9 February 1908 – 1 November 2006) was a Dutch-born children's writer and artist. She received a Newbery Honor. Biography She was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Her father was an officer in the Dutch Royal ...

* Melis Stoke *

Jan Terlouw Jan Cornelis Terlouw (15 November 1931 – 16 May 2025) was a Dutch politician, physicist and author. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, he served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1981 to 1982 under Prime Minister Dries ...

* Felix Thijssen *

Marten Toonder Marten Toonder (2 May 1912 – 27 July 2005) was a Dutch comic strip creator. He was probably the most successful comic artist in the Netherlands and had a great influence on the Dutch language by introducing new words and expressions. He is most ...

* Bob den Uyl * M. Vasalis (Margaretha Drooglever Fortuyn-Leenmans) * Pauline van de Ven *

Simon Vestdijk Simon Vestdijk (; 17 October 1898 – 23 March 1971) was a Dutch writer. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature fifteen times. Life Born in the small Frisian town of Harlingen, Vestdijk studied medicine in Amsterdam, but turned t ...

* Stephanie Vetter *

Roemer Visscher Roemer Pieterszoon Visscher (1547 – 19 February 1620) was a successful Dutch merchant, the first Dutch underwriter and writer of the Dutch Golden Age. Life Visscher was born in and lived in Amsterdam and was an important and central figure of ...

Joost van den Vondel Joost van den Vondel (; 17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch playwright, poet, literary translator and writer. He is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the Dutch language as well as an important figure in the history of Wes ...

Anne de Vries Anne de Vries (22 May 1904 – 29 November 1964) was a Dutch teacher and writer, particularly famous in the Netherlands for his novels of regional life. Born in the village of Kloosterveen near Assen, de Vries married Alida Gerdina van Wermeske ...

Theun de Vries Theunis Uilke (Theun) de Vries (26 April 1907 – 21 January 2005), was a Dutch writer and poet. Life De Vries was born in the Frisian town of Feanwâlden. His parents moved to Apeldoorn in 1920. In 1936 he joined the Communist Party of the N ...

Leo Vroman Leo Vroman (April 10, 1915 – February 22, 2014) was a Dutch-American hematologist, a prolific poet mainly in Dutch and an illustrator. Life and work Vroman, who was Jewish, was born in Gouda, South Holland, Gouda and studied biology in Utrech ...

Simon de Waal Simon de Waal (born in Amsterdam in 1961) is a Dutch writer. He has specialized in television and film scripts, he won the ''Golden Calf'' in 2000 (grand prize for the Netherlands Film), for best screenplay for the film ''Leak''. ''Leak'' also ...

* Hans Warren * Siebren van der Werf * Henri van Wermeskerken * Janwillem van de Wetering *

Willem Wilmink Willem Wilmink (; 25 October 1936 – 2 August 2003) was a Dutch poet and writer. He was best known for the large number of songs he wrote for popular children programs and his accessible, straightforward poetry. Life and career Wilmink was bor ...

Leon de Winter Leon de Winter (born 26 February 1954) is a Dutch novelist and columnist. Early life Leon de Winter was born on 24 February 1954 in Den Bosch, in the southern Netherlands. He grew up in a Jewish Orthodox family and attended City Grammar Sc ...

* Justine Constance Wirix-van Mansvelt *

Betje Wolff Elizabeth ("Betje") Wolff-Bekker (24 July 17385 November 1804) was a Dutch novelist who, with Agatha "Aagje" Deken, wrote several popular epistolary novels such as ''Sara Burgerhart'' (1782) and ''Willem Levend'' (1784). Biography Betje Bekker ...

Jan Wolkers Jan Hendrik Wolkers (26 October 1925 – 19 October 2007) was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Wolkers is considered by some to be one of the "Great Four" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, alongside Willem Frederik Hermans, H ...

Sadik Yemni Saadiq is an Arabic masculine given name. Originally a word in Arabic صديق which is translated as ''friend''. The Arabic word for friend is derived from the root ''sdk'' صدق which often refers to honesty, truth or loyalty. Variants of the n ...

Joost Zwagerman Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus "Joost" Zwagerman (; 18 November 1963 – 8 September 2015) was a Dutch writer, poet and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong. Early life and education Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus Zwage ...

Flemish writers and poets

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* Frank Adam *

Roger Avermaete Roger Avermaete (1893 in Antwerp – 1988) was a Belgian writer who wrote in Dutch and French. In 1968, he was part of the cross-arts team which created the Christophe Plantin Prize. See also * Belgian literature Because modern Belgium is a ...

Pieter Aspe Pieter Aspe (officially ''Pierre Aspeslag''; 3 April 1953 – 1 May 2021) was a Belgian writer of a series of detective stories starring Inspector Pieter Van In. These were adapted for the long-running TV series (2004–14) starring . He died ...

* Fernand Auwera (Fernand Van der Auwera) *

Aster Berkhof Lodewijk Paulina Van Den Bergh (18 June 1920 – 29 September 2020), known as Lode Van Den Bergh, also using the pseudonyms Aster Berkhof and Piet Visser, was a Belgian writer. Early life Van Den Bergh was born in Rijkevorsel on 18 June 1920. H ...

(Lode Van Den Bergh) *

Louis Paul Boon Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht (Louis Paul) Boon (15 March 1912, in Aalst, Belgium, Aalst – 10 May 1979, in Erembodegem) was a Belgian writer of novels, poetry, pornography, columns and art criticism in Flemish dialects, Flemish. He was also a painter. ...

Herman Brusselmans Herman Frans Martha Brusselmans (; born 9 October 1957) is a Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist. He lives in Ghent. He is one of the best-selling authors in Flanders, but controversial at the same time for his profane language and o ...

Cyriel Buysse Cyrillus Gustave Emile "Cyriel" Buysse (; 20 September 1859 – 25 July 1932) was a Flemish naturalist author and playwright. He also wrote under the following pseudonyms: Louis Bonheyden, Prosper Van Hove and Robert Palmer. Biography Buysse w ...

Ernest Claes Andreas Ernestus Josephus Claes (24 October 1885 in Zichem – 2 September 1968 in Elsene) was a Belgian author. He is best known for his regional novels, including ''De Witte'' ("Whitey"), which was the source material for the first Flemish so ...

* Paul Claes *

Hugo Claus Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (; 5 April 1929 – 19 March 2008) was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, novels, and poetry; he also lef ...

* Rosiana Coleners *

Hendrik Conscience Henri (Hendrik) Conscience (3 December 1812 – 10 September 1883) was a Belgian author. He is considered the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by the French language among the upper c ...

* Johan Daisne (Herman Thiery) *

Herman De Coninck Herman de Coninck (21 February 1944 – 22 May 1997) was a Belgium, Belgian poet, essayist, journalist and publisher. Life Herman de Coninck was born in Mechelen, Belgium, where his parents ran a Catholic bookshop. He attended the Sint-Rombou ...

Rita Demeester Rita Bertha Maria Demeester (26 September 1946 – 29 January 1993) was a Belgium, Belgian poet and writer. Biography She was born at Roeselare. She obtained a degree in social pedagogy from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Catholic Univers ...

* Roger M.J. De Neef * Filip De Pillecyn * Freddy de Vree * Astère M. Dhondt * Gaston Durnez

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Willem Elsschot Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder (7 May 1882 – 31 May 1960) was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot (). One of the most prominent Flemish authors, his most famous work, ''Cheese'' (1933) is the most translated F ...

(Alfons de Ridder) *

Jef Geeraerts Jozef Adriaan Anna Geeraerts (23 February 1930 – 11 May 2015), better known as Jef Geeraerts, was a Belgian writer. Geeraerts was born in Antwerp. After his studies in political and administrative sciences at the Colonial University of Belgi ...

Guido Gezelle Guido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle (1 May 1830 – 27 November 1899) was an influential writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium. He is famous for the use of the West Flemish dialect, but he also wrote in other languages ...

Marnix Gijsen Marnix Gijsen (20 October 1899 – 29 September 1984) was a Belgian writer. His real name was Joannes Alphonsius Albertus Goris; his pseudonym relates to Marnix van Sint Aldegonde and the surname of his mother (Gijsen). Early years Gijsen ...

Maurice Gilliams Maurice, Baron Gilliams (Antwerp, 20 July 1900-Antwerp, 18 October 1982) was a Flemish writer and poet. Life and work Gilliams was the son of printer Frans Gilliams, and he learned to be a typographer. On 27 August 1935, he married Gabriëlle Ba ...

Jan Hammenecker Jan Hammenecker ( Mariekerke, 2 October 1878- Westrode, 13 June 1932) was a Flemish Roman Catholic priest and writer. One of his pupils was Gerard Walschap. Bibliography * Verzen (1908) * Van Christus' apostelen (1913) * Oorlogsgetijden (?) * Zoo ...

* Georges Hebbelinck * Kristien Hemmerechts * Stefan Hertmans *

Emmanuel Hiel Emmanuel Hiel (30 May 183427 August 1899), was a Flemish-Dutch poet and prose writer. Hiel was born at Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde. During his life he held various jobs, from teacher and government official to journalist and bookseller, busily wr ...

* Guido van Heulendonk * Jotie T'Hooft *

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Hubert Lampo Hubert Leon Lampo (Antwerp, 1 September 1920 – Essen, 12 July 2006) was a Flemish writer, one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders. His most famous book is '' De komst van Joachim Stiller'' ("The coming of Joachim Stiller", 1960), in wh ...

Tom Lanoye Tom Lanoye (; born 27 August 1958) is a Belgian novelist, poet, columnist, screenwriter and playwright. He is one of the most widely read and honoured authors in his language area (the Netherlands and Flanders), and makes regular appearances at ...

Rosalie Loveling Rosalie Loveling (20 March 1834 – 4 May 1875) was a Flemish author of poetry, novels, and essays. Biography Rosalie Loveling was born in Nevele, Belgium, and was the older sister of Virginie Loveling, also an author, with whom she co-wrote ...

Virginie Loveling Virginie (Marie) Loveling (17 May 1836 – 1 December 1923) was a Flanders, Flemish author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories. She also wrote under the pseudonym W. E. C. Walter. She did write sentimentally early in her career but ...

* Patricia de Martelaere * Bob Mendes *

Ivo Michiels Henri Paul René Ceuppens (8 January 1923 – 7 October 2012), who wrote under the pseudonym Ivo Michiels, was a Belgian writer. Biography Michiels was born in Mortsel. During World War II he was employed as a nurse in a hospital in Lübeck ...

Wies Moens Wies Moens (28 January 1898 – 5 February 1982) was a Belgian literary historian, poet and '' Flamingant'' activist. He was also a founding member of the right-wing Verdinaso movement. Life He was born in Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde, the onl ...

Erwin Mortier Erwin Mortier (born 28 November 1965) is a Dutch-language Belgian author. Spending his youth in Hansbeke, he later moved to nearby Ghent, where he became city poet (2005–2006). He wrote as a columnist for newspapers like '' De Morgen'' and p ...

Jan van Nijlen Joannes Joannes-Baptista Maria Ignatius van Nijlen (10 November 1884 – 14 August 1965) was a Belgian writer and poet. He was born at Antwerp and died at Uccle. Bibliography * ''Verzen'' (1906) * ''Het licht'' (1909) * ''Naar 't geluk'' (1911) ...

Leonard Nolens Leon Helena Sylvain Nolens (born 11 April 1947 in Bree), pseudonym Leonard Nolens, is a Belgian poet and diary writer. He graduated from the ''Hoger Instituut voor Vertalers en Tolken'' in Antwerp. Nolens lives and works in Antwerp. Themes in ...

* Joris Note *

Paul van Ostaijen Paul van Ostaijen (22 February 1896 – 18 March 1928) was a Belgian Dutch-language poet and writer. Nickname Van Ostaijen was born in Antwerp to Dutch father and Flemish mother. His nickname was ''Mister 1830'', derived from his habit of walk ...

* Monika van Paemel * Ivo Pauwels *

Leo Pleysier Leo Pleysier (b. Rijkevorsel, 28 May 1945) is a Belgian writer. Bibliography * Mirliton, een proeve van homofonie (1971) * Niets dan schreeuw (1972) * Negenenvijftig (1975) * Bladschaduwen (1976) * En wat zullen we over het sterven zeggen? ...

Anne Provoost Anne Provoost (born 26 July 1964) is a Flemish people, Flemish author. Career Anne Provoost was born in the Belgian town of Poperinge. She grew up in a family of four children in West Flanders and went on to pursue Germanic studies at the linke ...

Hugo Raes Hugo Raes (26 May 1929 – 23 September 2013) was a Belgian writer and poet. Bibliography * ''Jagen en gejaagd worden'' (1954) * ''Afro-europees'' (1957) * ''Links van de helikopterlijn'' (1957) * ''De vadsige koningen'' (1961) * ''Een tijdelij ...

Daniel Robberechts Daniël Robberechts (8 May 1937 in Etterbeek – 27 May 1992 in Everbeek) was a Belgian writer. Bibliography * De labiele stilte (1968) * Tegen het personage (1968) * De grote schaamlippen (1969) * Aankomen in Avignon (1970); ''Arriving in Avign ...

Albrecht Rodenbach Albertus Petrus Josephus Mansuetus Ferdinandus "Albrecht" Rodenbach (; 27 October 1856 – 23 June 1880) was a Flemish poet, and a leader in the revival of Flemish literature, or "Flemish movement", that occurred in the late 19th century. He ...

* Willy Roggeman *

Maria Rosseels Maria, Baroness Rosseels (23 October 1916 – 18 March 2005), also known with her pen name "E. M. Vervliet", was a Belgium, Belgian Catholic writer. Biography The first years of her life, she lived in the Goedendagstraat in Borgerhout. When Mar ...

* Ward Ruyslinck (Raymond Charles Marie de Belser) *

Clem Schouwenaars Clem Schouwenaars (28 December 1932 – 10 September 1993) was a Belgian writer. He grew up in a Roman Catholic family. Two of his brothers and one of his sisters died young, and his only remaining sister was killed during a bombardment in 1943. ...

Paul Snoek Edmond André Coralie Schietekat (17 December 1933 – 19 October 1981) pseudonym Paul Snoek, was a Belgian poet. He was a son of Omer William Schietekat, a textile manufacturer, and Paula Sylvia Snoeck. In 1961, he married Maria Magdalena Vereec ...

* Lucienne Stassaert *

Stijn Streuvels Franciscus "Frank" Petrus Maria Lateur (3 October 1871 – 15 August 1969), known as Stijn Streuvels (), was a Flemish Belgian writer. Biography He started writing at a very young age. He was inspired by his uncle, the poet Guido Gezelle. Until ...

Herman Teirlinck Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck (Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, 24 February 1879 – Beersel-Lot, 4 February 1967) was a Belgian writer. He was the fifth child and only son of Isidoor Teirlinck and Oda van Nieuwenhove, who were both teachers in Brussels. As ...

Felix Timmermans Leopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans (5 July 1886 – 24 January 1947) is a much translated author from Flanders. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. Life Timmermans was born in the Belgian city of Lier, as the thi ...

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* Jos Vandeloo *

Walter van den Broeck Walter Stefaan Karel van den Broeck ( Olen 28 March 1941 – Turnhout 5 February 2024) was a Belgian writer and playwright. He graduated as a teacher in Dutch and History ( Lier), and he started his career as a teacher. Life and career Walter ...

* Roger van de Velde *

Karel van de Woestijne Carolus Petrus Eduardus Maria "Karel" van de Woestijne (; Ghent, 10 March 1878 – Zwijnaarde, 24 August 1929) was a Flanders, Flemish writer and brother of the painter Gustave van de Woestijne. He went to highschool at the ''Koninklijk Athenaeum' ...

Geert van Istendael Geert van Istendael (born 29 March 1947) is the pseudonym of ''Geert Maria Mauritius Julianus Vanistendael'', a Belgian writer, poet and essayist. He studied sociology and philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven KU Leuven (Katholie ...

Karel van Mander Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander IKarel van Mander
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History ...

* Eddy Van Vliet * Hendrik van Veldeke * Paul Verhaeghen * Peter Verhelst *

Dimitri Verhulst Dimitri Verhulst (born 2 October 1972) is a Belgian writer and poet. He is best known for his novels ''Problemski Hotel'' and ''The Misfortunates''. Biography Verhulst was an unwanted child in a violent home and spent his later childhood in a f ...

Eriek Verpale Eric Verpaele (Zelzate, 2 February 1952 – Ertvelde, 10 August 2015), pseudonym: Eriek Verpale) was a Belgian writer. He attended a boarding school in Oostakker and studied Germanic and Slavic philology at the University of Ghent. He was an edi ...

* Cornelis Columbanus Vrancx * Carla Walschap *

Gerard Walschap Jacob Lodewijk Gerard, Baron Walschap (9 July 1898 – 25 October 1989), was a Belgium, Belgian writer. Early life Walschap was born in Londerzeel-St. Jozef in 1898. He went to ''highschool'' at the ''Klein seminarie'' in Hoogstraten, and later ...

* Paul De Wispelaere *

Yael van der Wouden Yael van der Wouden (born 1987) is a Dutch writer. Her first novel, ''The Safekeep'', was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize. Early life and education Yael van der Wouden was born in 1987 in Tel Aviv, Israel, to an Israeli mother and a Dutc ...

* Marie van Zeggelen *

Lode Zielens Ludovicus Carolus Zielens (13 June 1901–28 November 1944) was a Belgian novelist and journalist. He wrote many novels, his ' being the most well known. He also received several awards in recognition of his work. Biography Life and works Z ...

Surinamese writers and poets

Albert Helman Lodewijk 'Lou' Lichtveld (7 November 1903 – 10 July 1996) was a Surinamese politician, playwright, poet and resistance fighter who wrote under the pseudonym "Albert Helman". He gained notability in 1923 when he published the poetry collec ...

Anton de Kom Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom (22 February 1898 – 24 April 1945) was a Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author. He was arrested in Surinam and the protest against his arrest resulted in two deaths. De Kom was subsequently exile ...

Cynthia McLeod Cynthia Henri McLeod (Maiden and married names, née Ferrier; born 4 October 1936) is a Surinamese author, novelist known for her historic novels and whose debut novel instantly made her one of the most prominent authors of Suriname. Background ...

* Anil Ramdas * Trefossa (Henri Frans de Ziel) * Bea Vianen

Antillian writers and poets

* Tip Marugg *

Frank Martinus Arion Frank Martinus Arion (born Frank Efraim Martinus; 17 December 1936 – 28 September 2015) was a Curaçaoan poet, novelist, and language advocate. He wrote in both Papiamentu and Dutch. Early life Frank Efraim Martinus was born on 17 December ...

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