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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
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Wildevrouw
Met jou is het anders
Minjan

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De bonthoed & andere verhalen by I.L. PeretzBenjomin de Derde by Mendele Mocher SforimEen meisje van niets by Esther Singer KreitmanRozijnen met amandelen by Thérèse CornipsTevje de melkboer by Sholom Aleichem
Nederlandse vertalingen van Jiddische literatuur
18 books — 1 voter
Vele hemels boven de zevende by Griet Op de BeeckSlaap! by Annelies VerbekeWij en ik by Saskia de CosterIn de ban van de wolf by Christine CharliersHet smelt by Lize Spit
Best books by female Flemish authors
133 books — 82 voters

In stof en hitte by Ruth Prawer JhabvalaTranen van vernedering by Tehmina DurraniThe Home and the World by Rabindranath TagoreHet glazen paleis by Amitav GhoshDe witte tijger by Aravind Adiga
Dutch translations of literature from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Birma
18 books — 2 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


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“ I know you're Belgian, that's where those waffles come from ...more ”
― Alan Sugar
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“ 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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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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