# List of Belgian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Belgium or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

## A

* Christine Aventin (born 1971), best selling novelist, author of Le cœur en poche when just 15

## B

* Julia Bastin (1888–1968), French-language educator, novelist, translator
* Marguerite Baulu (1870–1942), French-language novelist
* Gabrielle Bernard (1893–1963), Walloon-language poet
* Rose Berryl (born 1982), novelist
* Bessora (born 1968), French-language novelist, short story writer
* Madeleine Bourdouxhe (1906–1996), French-language novelist
* Caroline Boussart (1893–1963), French-language journalist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, feminist
* Louise Bovie (1810–1870), French-language poet, short story writer
* Renée Brock (1912–1980), French-language poet, short story writer
* Elisa Brune (1966–2018), French-language novelist, journalist

## C

* Jeanne Cappe (1895–1956), French-language young adults writer, journalist, editor
* Élise Champagne (1897–1983), French-language poet, journalist
* Marie Closset (1873–1952), French-language poet, pen name Jean Dominique
* Anne Cluysenaar (1936–2014), Belgian-born Irish poet
* Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931), French-language novelist, poet, feminist
* Joanna Courtmans (1811–1890), Dutch-language poet, novelist
* Coralie van den Cruyce (1796–1858), writer, feminist and poet, writing in French

## D

* Saskia De Coster (born 1976), Dutch-language short story writer, novelist, columnist
* Christine D'haen (1923–2009), Dutch-language poet, biographer, translator
* Eugénie De Keyser (1918–2012), French-language essayist, novelist, educator
* Patricia De Martelaere (1957–2009), Dutch-language novelist, essayist, non-fiction philosophical works
* Els de Schepper (born 1965), Flemish actress and writer
* Gabriëlle Demedts (1909–2002), Flemish poet
* Rita Demeester (1946–1993), Dutch-language poet, novelist
* Sophie Deroisin, pen name of Marie de Romrée de Vichenet, (1909–1994), French-language novelist
* Maria Doolaeghe (1803–1884), Dutch-language poet, translator, non-fiction writer
* Louis Dubrau, pen name of Louise Janson-Scheidt, (1904–1997), French-language poet, novelist

## F

* Michèle Fabien (1945–1999), French-language playwright
* Pascale Fonteneau (born 1963), French-born Belgian journalist and novelist, wrote crime fiction for Série noire
* Vera Feyder (born 1939), Belgian novelist, poet and playwright
* Maud Frère (1923–1979), French-language novelist

## G

* Michèle Gérard (1945–1999), playwright, translator, used the pen name Michèle Fabien
* Marie Gevers (1883–1975), French-language novelist, translator, first women elected to Belgium's French-language academy
* Caroline Gravière (1821–1878), French-language novelist
* Éliane Gubin (born 1942), French-language historian, researcher, professor

## H

* Eugénie Hamer (1865–after 1926), French-language peace activist and writer
* Irène Hamoir (1906–1994), French-language surrealist poet, novelist
* Jacqueline Harpman (1929–2012), French-language novelist
* Marie-Louise Haumont (1919–2012), French-language novelist
* Kristien Hemmerechts (born 1955), Dutch-language novelist, short story writer

## J

* Lieve Joris (born 1953), non-fiction Dutch-language writer specializing in travel in Africa and the Middle East

## K

* Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff (1833-1917), Belgian activist, social reformer, journal editor

## L

* Rachida Lamrabet (born 1970), Dutch-language novelist, short story writer, playwright
* Ariane Le Fort (born 1960), French-language journalist, novelist
* Suzanne Lilar (1901–1992), French-language journalist, essayist, novelist, playwright, feminist
* Rosalie Loveling (1834–1875), Dutch-language poet, novelist, essayist
* Virginie Loveling (1836–1923), younger sister of Rosalie (above), Dutch-language poet, novelist, essayist and children's writer

## M

* Malika Madi (born 1967), French-language novelist of Algerian origin
* Nicole Malinconi (born 1946), French-language novelist
* Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930–2016), French-language novelist
* Cécile Miguel (1921–2001), French-language writer and artist
* Capucine Motte (born 1971), Belgian-born French novelist
* Chantal Mouffe (born 1943), political theorist, academic and writer
* Jeanine Moulin (1912–1998), poet, literary scholar

## N

* Alice Nahon (1896–1933), Dutch-language poet
* Marie Nizet (1859–1922), French-language poet
* Amélie Nothomb (born 1966), highly successful French-language novelist, short story writer, several works translated into English
* Colette Nys-Mazure (born 1939), French-language poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, several works translated into English

## O

* Barbara Ogier (1648–1720), Flemish playwright

## P

* Marie Parent (1853–1934), Belgian journal editor, temperance activist, feminist and suffragist
* Sophie Podolski (1953–1974), French-language poet and graphic artist
* Anne Provoost (born 1964), Dutch-language novelist, essayist and short story writer, often writing for young adults
* Maria Pypelinckx (1538–1608), Dutch-language writer

## R

* Hilda Ram (1858–1901), Flemish writer
* Céline Renooz (1840–1928), non-fiction scientific works on evolution, epistemology, historiography
* Dominique Rolin (1913–2012), French-language novelist
* Maria Rosseels (1916–2005), Dutch-language journalist, novelist, essayist, critic
* Angélique de Rouillé (1756–1840), French-language letter writer

## S

* Fanny Zampini Salazar (1853–1931), Belgian-born Italian writer and lecturer
* Aline Sax (born 1984), Flemish young people's novelist
* Carla Serena (1820–1884), writer and explorer
* Isabelle Spaak (born 1960), novelist, non-fiction writer
* Lize Spit (born 1988), Flemish novelist
* Lucienne Stassaert (born 1936), Dutch-language poet, playwright
* Irène Stecyk (born 1937), French language novelist

## U

* Chika Unigwe (born 1974), Nigerian-born, Belgian-immigrant novelist, short story writer, poet, children's writer, writes in Dutch and English

## V

* Marianne Van Hirtum (1925–1988), French-language surrealist poet
* Monika van Paemel (born 1945), Dutch-language (often autobiographical) novelist
* Louise van den Plas (1877–1968), suffragist and French-language writer
* Sylvia Vanden Heede (born 1961), Flemish children's writer
* Hilde Vandermeeren (born 1970), Dutch-language children's writer, newspaper editor, novelist
* Annelies Verbeke (born 1976), Dutch-language writer, successful novelist, also short story writer, playwright
* Stephanie Vetter (1884–1974), Dutch-born Belgian novelist, short story writer, women's rights advocate
* Maria de Villegas de Saint-Pierre (1870–1941), French-language writer and nurse

## W

* Carla Walschap (born 1932), Dutch-language novelist, evoking lesbianism in De Eskimo en de roos
* Monique Watteau (born 1929), acclaimed French-language novelist, illustrator
* Sandrine Willems (born 1968), French-language writer, television documentary director
* Évelyne Wilwerth (born 1947), French-language poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright
* Liliane Wouters (1930–2016), poet, playwright, essayist, several works translated into English

## Y

* Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), French-language novelist, essayist, translator, first woman elected to the Académie française