List of Belgian writers
A.
- Hannes Anderer, actually Johann or Jean Firges, literary scholar and writer who wrote in German (1934–2014)
- Pieter Aspe pseudonym v. Pierre Anna Gaston Aspeslag, one of the most widely read Belgian crime writers, writes in Flemish (* 1953)
B.
- Henry Bauchau (1913–2012) wrote a French, Belgian author and psychotherapist
- Jean-Marie Berckmans (1953–2008), Flemish writer, published under the name JMH Berckmans
- Louis Paul Boon (1912–1979)
- Madeleine Bourdouxhe (1906-1996)
- Élisa Brune (1966-2018)
- Cyriel Buysse (1859-1932)
C.
D.
- Johan Daisne (pseudonym of Herman Thiery), Flemish writer (1912–1978)
- Charles De Coster
- Raisin De Dijn (* 1941)
- Luc Deflo (1958-2018)
- Misha Defonseca (* 1937)
- Bram Dehouck (* 1978)
- Freddy Derwahl (* 1946)
- Jules Destrée (1863-1936)
- Conrad Detrez (1937–1985)
E.
- Georges Eekhoud (1854-1927)
- Willem Elsschot (1882-1960)
- François Emmanuel (* 1952; French-speaking)
F.
- Jean Firges * 1934 (writes in German)
G
- Jef Geeraerts (1930-2015)
- Marie Gevers
- Guido Gezelle
- Michel de Ghelderode
H
- Jacqueline Harpman (1929-2012)
- Hendrik Herp
- Emanuel Hiel
L.
- Hubert Lampo (1920–2006) Flemish writer; with Johan Daisne main exponent of magical realism in Belgium
- Tom Lanoye (* 1958) (writes Flemish) Belgian novelist, poet, columnist, writer of scripts and plays
- (* Frank Lateuer, see Stijn Streuvels (1871–1969))
- Virginie Loveling (1836-1923)
- Camille Lemonnier (1844-1913)
- Charles Joseph de Ligne , writer and military man
- Suzanne Lilar (1901–1992), essayist, novelist, screenwriter
M.
- Jacob van Maerlant
- Maurice Maeterlinck - Nobel Prize for Literature (1911)
- Marcel Mariën - Surrealist
- Henri Michaux - poet and painter
- Ivo Michiels
- Erwin Mortier Flemish art historian, writer and journalist (* 1965)
N
- Amélie Nothomb (* 1966/1967)
- Paul Nougé - Surrealist
O
P
R.
- Georges Rodenbach , symbolist poet, novelist
- Jan van Ruusbroec (1293-1381)
S.
- Georges Simenon (1903–1989) Maigret novels
- Stijn Streuvels pseudonym d. very productive Flemish writer Frank Lateur (1871–1969)
T
- Herman Teirlinck Belgian novelist, playwright and poet (1879-1967)
- Peter Terrin Flemish writer (* 1968)
- Georges Thinès Belgian psychologist and writer (1923-2016)
- Felix Timmerman's Flemish writer (Pallieter, 1916) and painter (1886–1947)
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint Belgian novelist (* 1957)
U
- Chika Unigwe (* 1974) writer and literary scholar, writes in Flemish and English
V
W.
- François Weyergans (1941–2019)
- Karel van de Woestijne (Carolus Petrus Eduardus Maria (Karel) van de Woestijne) Flemish writer, brother of the painter Gustave (1878–1929)