This is a list of women writers who were born in Belgium or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A Gia Abrassart, decolonial and feminist activist during the George Floyd protests in Belgium; journalist and author 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 (1865–1951), 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 Aya Sabi (born 1995), Netherlands-born Dutch-language novelist, columnist 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
See also List of women writers List of French-language authors List of Dutch-language writers
References
External links Renée Laurentine, Les écrivaines francophones de Belgique au XXe siècle