page_title: LGBT writers in the Dutch-language area
section_title: Youngest generation of novelists and poets
hierarchical_section_title: LGBT writers in the Dutch-language area / After the second world war / Youngest generation of novelists and poets
caption_attribution_description: Auteursfoto Saskia de Coster
context_page_description: LGBT writers in the Dutch-language area are writers from de Lage Landen, that is Flanders and the Netherlands,
  who were homosexual
  wrote for a homosexual audience
  wrote about homosexuality
  According to Gerrit Komrij qualifying for at least two of the above makes someone a gay author.
  The first of these authors owed much to the late 19th century decadent literature, with names like Georges Eekhoud in Belgium and Jacob Israël de Haan in the Netherlands. After the second world war Gerard Reve, and later Gerrit Komrij and Tom Lanoye became the leading names.
  Most of these LGBT writers are Dutch-language writers contributing to Dutch-language literature, some of them acquiring a place in the Canon of Dutch Literature.
context_section_description: Maxim Februari (born Marjolein Drenth): first novel De zonen van het uitzicht (1989) has intersexuality as theme. Woman to man transition in 2012-13.
  Renate Stoute (born René), poet and novelist: first novel with transgender theme in 1991. In her 1999 autobiography (Uit een oude jas vol stenen: De geboorte van een vrouw) Stoute describes identifying as a lesbian woman, leading to gender reassignment surgery in 1996.
  Willem Melchior wrote novels with themes as voluptuous death wish and sado-masochism, from 1992 (De roeping van het vlees). He was compared with Couperus
  Han Nefkens writes about HIV and Aids in his 1995 Bloedverwanten.
  Ton Kors De tijd van Anton de Lange (1995) cruising in Amsterdam, fetishes and death by Aids.
  Pim Wiersinga, Gracchanten (1995), set in antiquity.
  Jacob Vredenbregt, among others Intermezzo in de Leeuwenstad (1996) has an LGBT side-theme.
  Bram van Stolk, S-1 (1996) — autobiographic about his time in the German army in 1961.
  Leo Wisselink, De hondenjaren (1996) about homosexuality in a provincial town.
  Anne Golen, Eenzame strijd (1997), problematizing homosexuality from a Christian background.
  Dens Vroege De dictatuur van de begeerte (1998), gay nightlife in Amsterdam.
  Gerard van Emmerik's first novel Misha's koorts (Misha's Fever, 1998) is about a boy meeting an older gay man.
  Erwin Mortier, novelist, poet, columnist and essayist wrote his second novel (My Fellow Skin, 2000) on a gay theme: sudden death interrupting the awakening of gay feelings of a school boy. Mortier came out in his 2003 bundle of essays A Plea for Sinning. His 2007 book Evenings on the Estate: Travelling with Gerard Reve was a tribute to the older author he knew personally. 
  Marjolein Houweling: 2001 novel about a violent lesbian relationship after a divorce: Niemandsland.
  Saskia De Coster published novels from 2002. As a columnist she takes stance on LGBT topics.
  Arthur Japin's second novel De droom van de leeuw (The Dream of the Lion, 2002) is autobiographic about his relation with Federico Fellini.
  Gerbrand Bakker published highly acclaimed novels from 2002. Open about his homosexuality on his weblog
  Minke Douwesz wrote a lesbian-themed novel in 2003: Strikt.
  Jos Versteegen, poet also known for his contributions to Homo-encyclopedie van Nederland (Gay Encyclopedia of the Netherlands, 2005), co-authored with Thijs Bartels.
  Mario Molegraaf had his first poems published in 2011. He translated poetry of the Greek gay poet Constantine P. Cavafy in Dutch. He had started these translations together with Hans Warren.
  Other LGBT novelists of this generation include Flemish Luc Boudens and Paul Mennes, and Koos Prinsloo from South-Africa. Oscar van den Boogaard moved from the Netherlands to Belgium. In the Netherlands, Jaap Harten, Bas Heijne, Gert-Jan van Exel, Th. van Os and Joost van Weel. Obe Postma is a poet writing in Frisian.
  Non-profit organisations like Behoud de Begeerte continue the tradition of bringing together authors from the Low Countries in literary events. Participants include Tom Lanoye, Gerrit Komrij, Dimitri Verhulst, Saskia de Coster, Erwin Mortier and Bart Stouten.
  Another initiative making little distinction which side of the border between Flanders and the Netherlands writers originated from were the Gay 2000 through Gay 2004 glossy yearbooks (Snoecks style) published from 1999 to 2004.
caption: Saskia de Coster in 2006
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