Edward Broaster

In 2005, Broaster worked as an Assistant Superintendent and was assigned to lead the Patrol Branch as Deputy Commander. In September 2006, he was promoted to Superintendent. After the 2008 election, Broaster had a disagreement with Chester Williams, a fellow officer he had previously worked with, such as in 2007 when they responded to Belize’s first bomb threat on an outgoing flight.

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Evan X Hyde

Evan Anthony Hyde, also known as Evan X Hyde, was born on April 30, 1947. He is a Belizean writer, journalist, media executive, and former politician. He works for Amandala, which is the largest newspaper in Belize.

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Zee Edgell

Zelma Inez Edgell MBE, better known as Zee Edgell (October 21, 1940 – December 20, 2020), was a Belizean-born American writer who wrote four novels. She retired as a tenured professor of English at Kent State University.

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Lode Zielens

Ludovicus Carolus Zielens (13 June 1901 – 28 November 1944) was a Belgian novelist and journalist. He wrote many books, and his most famous work was Moeder, waarom leven wij? [nl].

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Marguerite Yourcenar

Marguerite Yourcenar (born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour; June 8, 1903 – December 17, 1987) was a novelist and essayist who was born in Belgium but became a French citizen. She later became a citizen of the United States in 1947. She won the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize.

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Jan Frans Willems

Jan Frans Willems (11 March 1793 – 24 June 1846) was a Flemish writer and the father of the Flemish movement. He was born in Boechout, Belgium, while the city was under French control. He began his career as a notary in Antwerp.

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Peter Verhelst

Peter Verhelst was born on January 28, 1962. He is a writer, poet, and playwright from Belgium’s Flemish region. He received the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for his work Tongkat.

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Émile Verhaeren

Émile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren was a Belgian poet and art critic who wrote in French. He was born on May 21, 1855, and died on November 27, 1916. He helped create the Symbolism movement in art and literature.

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Felix Timmermans

Leopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans was born on July 5, 1886, and died on January 24, 1947. He was a writer from Flanders whose books have been translated into many languages. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.

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Stijn Streuvels

Franciscus “Frank” Petrus Maria Lateur (3 October 1871 – 15 August 1969), known as Stijn Streuvels (Dutch pronunciation: [stɛin ˈstrøːvəls]), was a Flemish Belgian writer.

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