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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

I Who Have Never Known Men
Stupeur et tremblements
Het verdriet van België
Metafísica de los tubos
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
Dirty Snow
Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam
Hygiène de l'assassin
Tintin in America (Tintin #3)
Bruges-La-Morte
Le Lotus bleu (Tintin #5)
Barbe bleue
War and Turpentine
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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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The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Professor's Daughter by Joann SfarBeauty by HubertAya by Marguerite AbouetVampire Loves by Joann Sfar
Bandes Dessinées: French Comics and Graphic Novels
62 books — 18 voters
De kus van Esau by Meir ShalevDe vier maaltijden by Meir ShalevEen duif en een jongen by Meir ShalevEen verhaal van liefde en duisternis by Amos OzDe stem van Tamar by David Grossman
Nederlandse vertalingen van Israelische auteurs
9 books — 2 voters

De komst van Joachim Stiller by Hubert LampoMaigret and the Burglar's Wife by Georges SimenonPietr the Latvian by Georges SimenonThe Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien by Georges SimenonA Man's Head by Georges Simenon
Authors Born in Belgium
26 books — 3 voters
Karel ende Elegast by Unknown .De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart by Betje WolffMax Havelaar, of de Koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-... by MultatuliVan oude menschen, de dingen, die voorbij gaan ... by Louis CouperusMariken Van Nieumeghen & Elckerlijc. Zonde, hoop en verlossin... by Unknown .
Nederlandse klassieken
56 books — 6 voters


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Edmund White
“ Saint Guy of Anderlecht was the tenth-century Belgian saint of animals, stables, workhorses, and bachelors. ”
― Edmund White, Our Young Man
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“ I know you're Belgian, that's where those waffles come from ...more ”
― Alan Sugar
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Groups Tagged "Belgian"

Inventory of books you can borrow from Equihab's mobile mini bookmobile. Request Equihab to vi…more
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Netherlands & Flanders group This group is for Dutch/Flemish readers mainly and offers a broad range of topics. However, the …more
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