List of Belgian women writers

A

• Christine Aventin, best selling novelist, author of Le cœur en poche when just 15

  B

• Julia Bastin, French-language educator, novelist, translator
• Marguerite Baulu, French-language novelist
• Gabrielle Bernard, Walloon-language poet
• Rose Berryl, novelist
• Bessora, French-language novelist, short story writer
• Madeleine Bourdouxhe, French-language novelist
• Caroline Boussart, French-language journalist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, feminist
• Louise Bovie, French-language poet, short story writer
• Renée Brock, French-language poet, short story writer
• Elisa Brune, French-language novelist, journalist

  C

• Jeanne Cappe, French-language young adults writer, journalist, editor
• Élise Champagne, French-language poet, journalist
• Marie Closset, French-language poet, pen name Jean Dominique
• Anne Cluysenaar, Belgian-born Irish poet
• Marguerite Coppin, French-language novelist, poet, feminist
• Joanna Courtmans, Dutch-language poet, novelist
• Coralie van den Cruyce, writer, feminist and poet, writing in French

  D

• Saskia De Coster, Dutch-language short story writer, novelist, columnist
• Christine D'haen, Dutch-language poet, biographer, translator
• Eugénie De Keyser, French-language essayist, novelist, educator
• Patricia De Martelaere, Dutch-language novelist, essayist, non-fiction philosophical works
• Els de Schepper, Flemish actress and writer
• Gabriëlle Demedts, Flemish poet
• Rita Demeester, Dutch-language poet, novelist
• Christine D'haen, Flemish writer and poet
• Sophie Deroisin, pen name of Marie de Romrée de Vichenet,, French-language novelist
• Maria Doolaeghe, Dutch-language poet, translator, non-fiction writer
• Louis Dubrau, pen name of Louise Janson-Scheidt,, French-language poet, novelist

  F

• Michèle Fabien, French-language playwright
• Pascale Fonteneau, French-born Belgian journalist and novelist, wrote crime fiction for Série noire
• Vera Feyder, Belgian novelist, poet and playwright
• Maud Frère, French-language novelist

  G

• Michèle Gérard, playwright, translator, used the pen name Michèle Fabien
• Marie Gevers, French-language novelist, translator, first women elected to Belgium's French-language academy
• Caroline Gravière, French-language novelist

  H

• Irène Hamoir, French-language surrealist poet, novelist
• Jacqueline Harpman, French-language novelist
• Marie-Louise Haumont, French-language novelist
• Kristien Hemmerechts, Dutch-language novelist, short story writer

  J

• Lieve Joris, non-fiction Dutch-language writer specializing in travel in Africa and the Middle East

  L

• Rachida Lamrabet, Dutch-language novelist, short story writer, playwright
• Ariane Le Fort, French-language journalist, novelist
• Suzanne Lilar, French-language journalist, essayist, novelist, playwright, feminist
• Rosalie Loveling, Dutch-language poet, novelist, essayist
• Virginie Loveling, elder sister of Rosalie, Dutch-language poet, novelist, essayist and children's writer

  M

• Malika Madi, French-language novelist of Algerian origin
• Nicole Malinconi, French-language novelist
• Françoise Mallet-Joris, French-language novelist
• Cécile Miguel, French-language writer and artist
• Capucine Motte, Belgian-born French novelist
• Chantal Mouffe, political theorist, academic and writer
• Jeanine Moulin, poet, literary scholar

  N

• Alice Nahon, Dutch-language poet
• Marie Nizet, French-language poet
• Amélie Nothomb, highly successful French-language novelist, short story writer, several works translated into English
• Colette Nys-Mazure French-language poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, several works translated into English

  O

• Barbara Ogier, Flemish playwright

  P

• Marie Parent, Belgian journal editor, temperance activist, feminist and suffragist
• Sophie Podolski, French-language poet and graphic artist
• Anne Provoost, Dutch-language novelist, essayist and short story writer, often writing for young adults
• Maria Pypelinckx, Dutch-language writer

  R

• Hilda Ram, Flemish writer
• Céline Renooz, non-fiction scientific works on evolution, epistemology, historiography
• Dominique Rolin, French-language novelist
• Maria Rosseels, Dutch-language journalist, novelist, essayist, critic
• Angélique de Rouillé, French-language letter writer

  S

• Fanny Zampini Salazar, Belgian-born Italian writer and lecturer
• Aline Sax, Flemish young people's novelist
• Isabelle Spaak, novelist, non-fiction writer
• Lize Spit, Flemish novelist
• Lucienne Stassaert, Dutch-language poet, playwright
• Irène Stecyk, French language novelist

  U

• Chika Unigwe, Nigerian-born, Belgian-immigrant novelist, short story writer, poet, children's writer, writes in Dutch and English

  V

• Marianne Van Hirtum, French-language surrealist poet
• Monika van Paemel, Dutch-language novelist
• Louise van den Plas, suffragist and French-language writer
• Sylvia Vanden Heede, Flemish children's writer
• Hilde Vandermeeren, Dutch-language children's writer, newspaper editor, novelist
• Annelies Verbeke, Dutch-language writer, successful novelist, also short story writer, playwright
• Stephanie Vetter, Dutch-born Belgian novelist, short story writer, women's rights advocate
• Maria de Villegas de Saint-Pierre, French-language writer and nurse

  W

• Carla Walschap, Dutch-language novelist, evoking lesbianism in De Eskimo en de roos
• Monique Watteau, acclaimed French-language novelist, illustrator
• Sandrine Willems, French-language writer, television documentary director
• Évelyne Wilwerth, French-language poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright
• Liliane Wouters, poet, playwright, essayist, several works translated into English

  Y

• Marguerite Yourcenar, French-language novelist, essayist, translator, first woman elected to the Académie française