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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

Françoise Mallet-Joris

Belgian author

Dominique Rolin

Belgian author

Guido Gezelle

Flemish poet and priest

Paul Willems

Belgian author

Charles Van Lerberghe

Belgian poet

Georges Simenon.

Georges Simenon

Belgian-French author

Jean Ray

Belgian author

Charles Plisnier

Belgian author

Suzanne Lilar

Belgian author

René Kalisky

Belgian author

Paul van Ostaijen

Flemish writer

Cyriel Buysse

Belgian writer

Herman Teirlinck

Flemish author

Pierre Mertens

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Poetry: First Lines

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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