Dutch Literature

Dutch literature comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers. Dutch literature is not restricted to the Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium), Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, as it has also been produced in other (formerly) Dutch-speaking regions, such as French Flanders, South Africa and the former Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). Alternatively, Dutch literature was and is produced by people originally from abroad who came to live in Dutch-speaking regions, such as Anne Fra ...more

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Piaggio
Piaggio
De Camino
We Had to Remove This Post
Het geschenk
Wolf
Overgave op commando
De nomade
Beladen huis
Oroppa
Ik kom hier nog op terug
Darker Days
Luister
De bermudadriehoek van talent
De verwarde cavia: Terug op kantoor
Hèhè
The Dinner
De Aanslag
The Discovery of Heaven
De donkere kamer van Damokles
Hersenschimmen
Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
De avonden
The Diary of a Young Girl
Joe Speedboot
Tirza
Een schitterend gebrek
The Discomfort of Evening
Oeroeg
Nooit meer slapen
Turks Fruit
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomCiske the Rat by Piet BakkerDe ontdekking van de hemel by Harry MulischFake History by Jo Hedwig TeeuwisseHex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Authors Born in the Netherlands
28 books — 6 voters

Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Com... by MultatuliDe donkere kamer van Damokles by Willem Frederik HermansThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Discovery of Heaven by Harry MulischNooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik Hermans
Dutch Literary Canon
123 books — 93 voters

Van den vos Reynaerde by Willem die Madocke maecteKarel ende Elegast by UnknownOeroeg by Hella S. HaasseNooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik HermansLiederen by Hadewijch
Flemish-Dutch Literary Canon
51 books — 6 voters
The Lion of Flanders by Hendrik ConscienceHet verdriet van België by Hugo ClausTijl Uilenspiegel by Charles de CosterJacoba, dochter van Holland by Simone van der VlugtDe bende van Jan de Lichte / De zoon van Jan de Lichte by Louis Paul Boon
Historical Novels set in Flanders
115 books — 9 voters


Joost Zwagerman
En áls er dan ergens in moest worden berust, dan toch in de wetenschap dat zij eendrachtig waren in hun rouw; dat zij eindelijk van elkaar wisten dat zij niet treurden om de afloop en het scheiden, maar al hadden getreurd vanaf het eerste begin. Die synchroniciteit was troostend.
Joost Zwagerman, Vals licht

Henri van Wermeskerken
Veel meer dan de zee heeft de liefde den menschen het leven gekost.
Henri van Wermeskerken, Tropische zoutwaterliefde: humoristische roman

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De Avonden This is a group for people who are (re-)reading Gerard Reve's "De Avonden" ("The Evenings," 1947…more
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