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Also Known As	Netherlandic literature

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Belgian literature: Relationship with Dutch literature

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Jean Ray

Belgian author

Hugo Grotius

Hugo Grotius

Dutch statesman and scholar

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

Hendrik Conscience

Belgian novelist

Joost van den Vondel

Joost van den Vondel

Dutch writer

Dick Bruna

Dutch illustrator and writer

Guido Gezelle

Flemish poet and priest

Kees Boeke

Dutch educator and author

Cats, Jacob

Jacob Cats

Dutch author

Paul van Ostaijen

Flemish writer

Cyriel Buysse

Belgian writer

Herman Teirlinck

Flemish author

Harry Mulisch

Dutch author

Hella S. Haasse

Dutch author

Gerard Reve

Dutch author

Nooteboom, Cees

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch author

Jacob van Maerlant

Dutch poet

Hugo Claus

Belgian writer, director, and painter

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Dutch author

Bilderdijk, detail of an oil painting by C.H. Hodges; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Willem Bilderdijk

Dutch poet

Albert Verwey

Dutch poet

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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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