Rosiana Coleners (

Dendermonde Dendermonde (; , ) is a city in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders in Belgium. The Municipalities of Belgium, municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, M ...

, circa 1500 – Dendermonde, 1560 or after 1571) was a Southern Netherlandish poet. She was born in Dendermonde. In her time, Coleners was friends with

Anna Bijns Anna Bijns or Anna Byns (1493 in Antwerp – 1575 in Antwerp) was a Flemish poet who wrote in the Dutch language, Dutch language. She was an educator and the administrator of a primary school in Antwerp until the age of 80. Even while as a woma ...

and Lucas d'Heere. Only one poem by Coleners has survived, because it was later printed by Lucas d'Heere in ''Den Hof ende Boomgaerd der Poësien''. It was a response to a poem by d'Heere addressed to "''d'exellente Rosiane''".

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