Koenraad Elst

Koenraad Elst

male, 50 years old
institutional, Leuven alumni, flemish, Academic Institution, anti-communist, Indian history…BelgianwriterinDutch, belgian, writer, Political writer, born in 1959 in Leuven, Belgium
Koenraad Elst is a Belgian writer and orientalist (without institutional affiliation). He has authored fifteen books on topics related to Hinduism,...
Albrecht Rodenbach

Albrecht Rodenbach

male, deceased (1880)
Leuven alumni before 1968, writer, Catholic University of Leuven, university of leuven, activist, flemish…belgian, Dutch-language poet, BelgianwriterinDutch
Albrecht Rodenbach was a Flemish poet, and a leader in the revival of Flemish literature that occurred in the late 19th Century. He is more...
Paul van Ostaijen

Paul van Ostaijen

male, deceased (1928)
writer, activist, Dutch-language poet, World War I, Expressionism, Tuberculosis…belgian, BelgianwriterinDutch
Paul van Ostaijen was a Flemish poet and writer. His nickname was "Mister 1830", because of his habit of walking along the streets of Antwerp...
Hugo Claus

Hugo Claus

male, 80 years old
Flemish poets poet, From bruges, writer, belgian, Het verdriet van België, bruges…Dutch-language poet, Dutch language, dutch, Dutch literature, BelgianwriterinDutch
Hugo Maurice Julien Claus is a prolific Flemish novelist, poet, playwright, painter and film director. He is considered to be one of the most...
Anne Provoost

Anne Provoost

female, 45 years old
literature for child, Leuven alumni, Belgian women writer, Querido, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Portuguese…belgian, Dutch language, writer, dutch, BelgianwriterinDutch
Anne Provoost (born 1964 in Poperinge, Belgium) is a Flemish author who lives in Antwerp, Belgium, with her husband and three children. She is...
Tom Lanoye

Tom Lanoye

male, 51 years old
Sint Jozef Klein Seminarie, university of ghent, Sint-Niklaas, writer, Ghent University alumni, enfant terrible…BelgianwriterinDutch, Dutch-language poet, belgian
Tom Lanoye is a Flemish novelist and poet. He went to school at the "Sint Jozef Klein Seminarie" in Sint-Niklaas, where Anton van Wilderode was a...
Guido Gezelle

Guido Gezelle

male, deceased (1899)
Roman Catholic priest, From bruges, writer, Catholic, dutch, activist…belgian, BelgianwriterinDutch, Dutch language
Guido Gezelle (May 1, 1830 - November 27, 1899) was a Flemish writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest. He was born in Bruges in the province of...
Hubert Lampo

Hubert Lampo

male, deceased (2006)
writer, Magic realism writer, magic realism, from Antwerp, Belgium, BelgianwriterinDutch, Freemason…belgian
Hubert Lampo was a Flemish writer, one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders. His most famous book is "De komst van Joachim Stiller" ("The...
Ernest Claes

Ernest Claes

male, deceased (1968)
writer, Elsene, BelgianwriterinDutch, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, flemish, Andreas Ernestus Josephus Claes
Andreas Ernestus Josephus Claes (24 October 1885 in Zichem - 2 September 1968 in Elsene) was a Flemish author. Some of his works are written under...
Herman Teirlinck

Herman Teirlinck

male, deceased (1967)
writer, liberal, West Flanders, belgian, Freemason, BelgianwriterinDutch
Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck (St.-Jans-Molenbeek, 24 February, 1879- Beersel-Lot, 4 February, 1967, was a Belgian writer. He was the fifth child...