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Marcel Broodthaers

Belgian artist

Maurice Maeterlinck, c. 1890.

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian author

Émile Verhaeren, drawing by Lucien Wolles, c. 1900; in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.

Émile Verhaeren

Belgian poet

Hendrik Conscience, oil painting on wood by Henri de Pondt; in the Stedelijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Kortrijk, Belg.

Hendrik Conscience

Belgian novelist

André Baillon

Belgian author

Michel de Ghelderode

Belgian dramatist

Guido Gezelle

Flemish poet and priest

Dominique Rolin

Belgian author

Françoise Mallet-Joris

Belgian author

Paul Willems

Belgian author

Georges Simenon.

Georges Simenon

Belgian-French author

Charles Van Lerberghe

Belgian poet

Jean Ray

Belgian author

Suzanne Lilar

Belgian author

Charles Plisnier

Belgian author

René Kalisky

Belgian author

Cyriel Buysse

Belgian writer

Paul van Ostaijen

Flemish writer

Herman Teirlinck

Flemish author

Pierre Mertens

Belgian author

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