Jozef Adriaan Anna Geeraerts (23 February 1930 – 11 May 2015), better known as Jef Geeraerts, was a Belgian writer. He was born in Antwerp, Belgium. After completing his studies in political and government work at a university in Antwerp, he became a government worker in the Belgian Congo.
Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder (7 May 1882 – 31 May 1960) was a Belgian writer and poet who used the pen name Willem Elsschot (pronounced [ˈʋɪləm ˈɛlsxɔt]). He was one of the most well-known Flemish authors. His most famous book, Cheese (1933), is the Dutch-language novel from Flanders that has been translated into the most languages of all time.
Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster (20 August 1827 – 7 May 1879) was a Belgian novelist. His work helped start a Belgian literature that was created by Belgians.
Johan Daisne was the pseudonym used by Herman Thiery, a Flemish author who lived from September 2, 1912, to August 9, 1978. He was born in Ghent, Belgium, and attended the Koninklijk Atheneum before studying Economics and Slavic languages at Ghent University. He earned his doctorate in 1936.
Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦyɣoː ˈklʌus]; April 5, 1929 – March 19, 2008) was an important Belgian writer who published books using his real name and other names. His work included plays, novels, and poems. He also worked as a painter and film director.
Andreas Ernestus Josephus Claes (24 October 1885 in Zichem – 2 September 1968 in Elsene) was a Belgian writer. He is most famous for his regional novels, such as De Witte (“Whitey”), which served as the basis for the first Flemish sound film: De Witte (1920). In 1980, the story was remade as De Witte van Sichem by Robbe De Hert.
Henri (Hendrik) Conscience was a Belgian writer born on December 3, 1812, and died on September 10, 1883. He is known as the first person to write important books in Dutch in Flanders, a region of Belgium. During his time, French was the main language used by the wealthy and in government and literature.
Nicolas Ancion (French pronunciation: [nikɔla ɑ̃sjɔ̃]) is a Belgian writer who was born in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, in 1971. His parents were professional puppeteers.
Ivan Shamiakin (Belarusian: Іван Пятровіч Шамякін), born on January 30, 1921, and died on October 14, 2004, was a Soviet Belarusian writer who wrote many books during the time of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR). He wrote in a style known as socialist realism. He was born in the village of Karma, Gomel Region, Belarus.
Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich, known in Belarusian as Іван Дамінікавіч Луцэвіч and in Polish as Iwan Daminikawicz Łucewicz, was born on July 7 (Old Style June 25) in 1882. He is best known by his pen name, Yanka Kupala (Янка Купала). He was a Belarusian poet and writer who died on June 28, 1942.