WLeo Apostel was a Belgian philosopher and professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University. Apostel was an advocate of interdisciplinary research and the bridging of the gap between exact science and humanities.
WFerdinand Van der Auwera, pseudonym Fernand Auwera is a Belgian writer. His fragile health during his youth and its impact on his life (solitude), had an effect on his first literary work.
WFrans Boenders is a Belgian writer. He graduated in Germanic philology and philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He worked for the Belgian radio as a producer.
WHugo Maurice Julien Claus was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director. He wrote primarily in Dutch, although he also wrote some poetry in English.
WPatrick Conrad is a Flemish poet, screenwriter and novelist, and one of the founders of The Pink Poets. He also directed about twenty movies for cinema and television, including – selected for the Cannes Festival – Mascara with Charlotte Rampling and Michael Sarrazin. He is also working as a painter and had two retrospective exhibitions of his work: in 1975 and 2005. He lives in Provence, in the south of France.
WChristine D'haen was a Flemish author and poet. She was born in Sint-Amandsberg and died at Bruges.
WJozef Adriaan Anna Geeraerts, better known as Jef Geeraerts, was a Belgian writer.
WStefan Hertmans is a Flemish Belgian writer. He was head of a study centre at University College Ghent and affiliated researcher of the Ghent University. He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 2002 for the novel Als op de eerste dag.
WTom Lanoye was born 27 August 1958 in the Belgian city Sint Niklaas. He is a novelist, poet, columnist, screenwriter and playwright. He is one of the most widely read and honoured authors in his language area, and makes regular appearances at all the major European theatre festivals.
WHenri Paul René Ceuppens, who wrote under the pseudonym Ivo Michiels, was a Belgian writer.
WDe Morgen is a Flemish newspaper with a circulation of 53,860. The paper is published in Brussels, Belgium.
WLeon Helena Sylvain Nolens, pseudonym Leonard Nolens, is a Belgian poet and diary writer. He graduated from the Hoger Instituut voor Vertalers en Tolken in Antwerp.
WHugues C. Pernath was a Belgian writer. Together with Paul Snoek, he founded the avant garde magazine Gard Sivik, and he was a member of the Pink Poets. The literary award Hugues C. Pernath-prijs is named after him.
WLeo Pleysier is a Belgian writer.
WRaymond De Belser, pseudonym Ward Ruyslinck, was a Belgian writer. He is the son of Leo De Belser and Germaine Nauwelaers. His father was a librarian at an oil company, and Ward Ruyslinck grew up in a Roman Catholic family. During the Second World War, the family moved to Mortsel.
WMarleen Temmerman is a Belgian gynaecologist, professor and former Senator, currently heading the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health at Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya.
WWannes Van de Velde, born Willy Cecile Johannes Van de Velde, in Antwerp, was a Flemish folk singer, guitarist, musician, poet, puppeteer and artist. He is most famous for his songs Ik Wil deze Nacht in de Straten Verdwalen (1973), Mijn Mansarde and De Brug van Willebroek (1990). His work is often categorized as kleinkunst. Van de Velde was known for singing in his local dialect.
WMarcel van Maele was a Belgian playwright and sculptor. He was one of the leading figures of the magazine Labris, in which an experimental style was prominent. He was a member of the Zestigers. Van Maele was completely blind for the last 20 years of his life. He died on 24 July 2009 at the age of 78 after a long and harsh sickbed.