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Flemish literature is literature from Flanders, historically a region comprising parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Until the early 19th century, this literature was regarded as an integral part of Dutch literature. After Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830, the term Flemish literature acquired a narrower meaning and refers to the Dutch-language literature produced in Belgium. It remains a part of Dutch-language literature.
Because Belgium is a multilingual country,[note 1] Belgian literature is divided into two main linguistic branches following the t ...more

Belgian Books

Stupeur et tremblements
I Who Have Never Known Men
Het verdriet van België
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
Métaphysique des tubes
Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam
Dirty Snow
Tintin in America (Tintin #3)
Hygiène de l'assassin
War and Turpentine
Barbe bleue
The Secret of the Unicorn (Tintin #11)
De helaasheid der dingen
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Los aerostatos
Le livre des sœurs
Premier sang
L'impossible retour
De opgang
Mahmoud ou la montée des eaux
Wildevrouw
Met jou is het anders
Minjan

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Slaap! by Annelies VerbekeMarcel by Erwin MortierNachtboek van een slapeloze by Patricia De MartelaereWoesten by Kris Van SteenbergeHoe heette de hoedenmaker? by Loekie Zvonik
Vlaamse Debuutprijs nominaties
12 books — 3 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellDe overgave by Arthur Japin
De Tijd-boekenlijst 2012
100 books — 6 voters

Het portret van Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram StokerDe as van mijn moeder by Frank McCourtOp Twee-Vogel-Wad by Flann O'BrienDe geheime schrift by Sebastian Barry
Dutch translations of Irish literature
111 books — 8 voters
Nooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik HermansDe donkere kamer van Damokles by Willem Frederik HermansHersenschimmen by J. BernlefEline Vere by Louis CouperusThe Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch
Great Dutch Books
348 books — 131 voters

Middeleeuwse verhalen uit de Lage Landen by Ingrid BiesheuvelDe ridders van de Ronde Tafel by Ingrid BiesheuvelHet gruwelkabinet by Ivo de WijsDe openhartige juffrouw by Han van der VegtExotische liefde by Jacob Haafner
Feniksreeks
5 books — 3 voters
De stam van de holebeer by Jean M. AuelDe reiziger by Diana GabaldonTerug naar Inverness by Diana GabaldonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerDe vallei van de paarden by Jean M. Auel
Dutch translations of American (=USA) books
172 books — 7 voters


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― Georges Simenon, My Friend Maigret
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― Alan Sugar
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