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* Jo van Ammers-Küller (1884–1966), interwar novelist and non-fiction writer *

Threes Anna Threes Anna (pseudonym of Threes Schreurs, born in Vlaardingen, The Netherlands, 1959) is a novelist, theatre and film maker. Biography Threes Anna is trained as a visual artist. In 1985, Anna was engaged in theatre company Dogtroep, specialize ...

(born 1959), novelist, live performance producer and film director

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Maria Barnas Maria Barnas (born 28 August 1973, Hoorn) is a Dutch writer, poet and artist. Awards * 2004 C. Buddingh'-prijs voor nieuwe Nederlandstalige poëzie' for 'Two Suns' ('Twee zonnen, 2003 De Arbeiderspers) * 2009 J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs for 'A City ...

(born 1973), novelist, poet and essayist *

Marjolein Bastin Marjolein Bastin (née uit den Bogaard) (born 1943) is a Dutch nature artist, writer, children's author and illustrator. She is the creator of the character "Vera the Mouse". Biography Bastin was born in Loenen (aan de Vecht) and studied at the ...

(born 1943), children's writer and illustrator *

Beatrice of Nazareth Blessed Beatrice of Nazareth or in Dutch Beatrijs van Nazareth (c. 1200 – 1268) was a Flemish Cistercian nun. She was the first prose writer using an early Dutch language, a mystic, and the author of the notable Dutch prose dissertation kno ...

(1200–1268), prioress and author of early Dutch prose work ''Van seven manieren van heiliger minnen'' (Seven Ways of Holy Love) *

Thea Beckman Theodora Beckmann (née Petie; 23 July 1923 – 5 May 2004), better known by her pen name Thea Beckman, was a Dutch author of children's books. Biography At a young age, Beckman knew she wanted to be a writer. As a teenager, she would write num ...

(1923–2004), children's writer * Nel Benschop (1918–2005), poet * Carli Biessels (1936–2016), children's writer *

Anna Blaman Anna Blaman, pseudonym of Johanna Petronella Vrugt, (31 January 1905 – 13 July 1960) was a Dutch writer and poet. She was a recipient of the P. C. Hooft Award. The literary award Anna Blaman Prijs is named after her. Biography The daughte ...

(1905–1960), poet and novelist *

Marion Bloem Marion Bloem (born 24 August 1952 in Arnhem, the Netherlands) is a Dutch writer and film maker of Indo (mixed Dutch and Indonesian) descent, best known as author of the literary acclaimed book ''Geen gewoon Indisch meisje'' (''No Ordinary Indo G ...

(born 1952), Indo (Dutch/East Indian) novelist, non-fiction writer and documentary film producer * Louise Sophie Blussé (1801–1896), non-fiction writer * Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886), novelist *

Anneke Brassinga Anneke Brassinga (born 20 August 1948, in Schaarsbergen, Gelderland) is a Dutch writer and translator. She was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 2008, and has received numerous other prizes as well. Awards * 2008:Constantijn Huygens Pri ...

(born 1948), poet, prose writer and translator *

Til Brugman Mathilda (Til) Brugman (16 September 1888, Amsterdam – 24 July 1958, Gouda) was a Dutch author, poet and linguist. Biography From 1926 to 1936, she lived in The Hague and later in Berlin with the German Dada artist Hannah Höch. In 1935, she ...

(1888–1958), poet, novelist and translator *

Andreas Burnier Andreas Burnier, born Catharina Irma Dessaur (3 July 1931 – 18 September 2002) was a Dutch writer. Burnier has published poetry, lectures, books and articles, many of which address homosexuality, in order to emphasize women's problems in a male ...

(1931–2002), poet, novelist and active feminist

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Isabelle de Charrière Isabelle de Charrière (20 October 174027 December 1805), known as Belle van Zuylen in the Netherlands, née Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken, and adameIsabelle de Charrière (married name) elsewhere, was a Dutch and ...

(1740–1805), correspondent, novelist and playwright writing in French *

Willy Corsari Willy Corsari (26 December 1897 – 11 May 1998) was the stage name and pen name of Wilhelmina Angela Schmidt, a Dutch actor, author and composer. She is noted for her detective fiction and has been termed the Dutch Agatha Christie. Born in J ...

(1897–1998), novelist, actress, comédienne and composer

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* Aagje Deken (1741–1804), poet and correspondent *

Maria Dermoût Maria Dermoût (15 June 1888 – 27 June 1962) was an Indo-European novelist, considered one of the greats of Dutch literature and as such an important proponent of Dutch Indies literature. In December 1958 ''Time'' magazine praised the tr ...

(1888–1962), novelist; author of '' The Ten Thousand Things'' * Thea Doelwijt (born 1938), journalist, novelist and playwright *

Renate Dorrestein Renate Maria Dorrestein (25 January 1954 – 4 May 2018) was a Dutch writer, journalist and feminist. She started working as a junior journalist for the Dutch magazines ''Libelle'' and ''Panorama''. During the period 1977 - 1982 she published in ...

(1954–2018), journalist and novelist *

Tonke Dragt Antonia "Tonke" Johanna Willemina Dragt (born 12 November 1930) is a Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature. Her book '' De brief voor de Koning'' was chosen by CPNB as the best Dutch youth book of the latter half of the twentieth ...

(born 1930), children's writer and illustrator; author of ''

De brief voor de Koning ''The Letter for the King'' ( nl, De brief voor de koning, ) is a book by the Dutch writer Tonke Dragt, first published in 1962. A sequel, The Secrets of the Wild Wood, ''The Secrets of the Wild Wood'' ( nl, Geheim van het Wilde Woud), was publi ...

'' (Letter for the King) *

Jessica Durlacher Jessica Durlacher (; born 6 September 1961) is a Dutch literary critic, columnist and novelist. Her father is the sociologist and writer Gerhard Durlacher, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. She is married to novelist Leon de Winte ...

(born 1961), critic, columnist and novelist

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* Anna Enquist (born 1945), poet and novelist *

Henrica van Erp Henrica van Erp (c. 1480 – 26 December 1548), was a Dutch abbess and author of her monastery's Chronicle, making her one of the first historians of 16th-century Netherlands. Biography Henrica van Erp was the daughter of Johan van Erp (knight) ...

(c. 1480 – 1548), abbess and author of her monastery's Chronicle

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Anne Frank Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (, ; 12 June 1929 – )Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed"New research sheds new light on Anne Fra ...

(1929–1945), author of ''

The Diary of a Young Girl ''The Diary of a Young Girl'', also known as ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', is a book of the writings from the Dutch-language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Neth ...

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Ida Gerhardt Ida Gerhardt (11 May 1905, Gorinchem – 15 August 1997, Warnsveld) was a classicist and Dutch poet of a post-symbolist tradition. Life In her hometown Rotterdam Ida Gerhardt attended the Erasmus Gymnasium, where the poet J.H. Leopold was her C ...

(1905–1997), poet * Hermine de Graaf (1951–2013), fiction writer * Els de Groen (born 1949), politician, novelist and non-fiction writer

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Francisca de Haan Francisca de Haan is a Dutch historian and writer who specializes in women's and gender history. From 2002 until 2022, she has taught at the Central European University, first in Budapest and since 2020 located in Vienna, where she is now Professo ...

(fl. 1998 onwards), historian of gender studies *

Hella Haasse Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse (2 February 1918 – 29 September 2011) was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel ''Oeroeg'' (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her ...

(1918–2011), novelist with some works set in the East Indies *

Judith Herzberg Judith Frieda Lina Herzberg (born 4 November 1934) is a Dutch poet and writer. Life and work Judith Herzberg is the daughter of lawyer and writer Abel Herzberg. During World War II Herzberg went into hiding on various locations. Since 1983 He ...

(born 1934), poet and playwright *

Nienke van Hichtum Sjoukje Maria Diderika Troelstra-Bokma de Boer (13 February 1860 – 9 January 1939), better known under her pseudonym Nienke van Hichtum, was a well-known Frisian Dutch children's author and translator. From 1888 to 1904, she was married t ...

(1860–1939), children's writer in West Frisian and Dutch *

Etty Hillesum Esther (Etty) Hillesum (15 January 1914 – 30 November 1943) was the Dutch author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of Jewish people in Amsterdam during the German occupation. I ...

(1914–1943), diarist and correspondent during the German occupation of Amsterdam *

Rozalie Hirs Rozalie Hirs (born 7 April 1965) is a Dutch composer of contemporary classical music and a poet. The principal concerns of her work are the adventure of listening, reading, and the imagination. Biography Rozalie Hirs studied piano and voice fro ...

(born 1965), poet and composer * Marjolijn Hof (born 1956), novelist with some works translated into English *

Xaviera Hollander Xaviera Hollander (born 15 June 1943) is a Dutch former call girl, madam, and author. She is best known for her best-selling memoir '' The Happy Hooker: My Own Story''. Early life Hollander was born Xaviera "Vera" de Vries in Surabaya, Japanes ...

(born 1943), call girl and memoirist *

Maria Aletta Hulshoff Maria Aletta Hulshoff ( pen name, Mietje; 30 July 1781, Amsterdam – 10 February 1846, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Patriot, feminist and pamphleteer. Life Maria was the daughter of the Mennonite preacher Allard Hulshoff (1734-1795) and Anna Debor ...

(1781–1846), feminist writer *

Cornélie Huygens Cornélie Lydie Huygens (13 June 1848 – 31 October 1902) was a Dutch writer, social democrat and feminist. Biography Huygens was born on 13 June 1848 in Haarlemmerliede. She was the daughter of Gerard William Otto Huygens and Cornelia Adelaide ...

(1848–1902), feminist activist and columnist

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* Marith Iedema (born 1989), journalist and documentarian

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Marie Kessels Marie Kessels (born Nederweert, 11 December 1954) is a Dutch poet and prose writer. She received the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 2009 for ''Ruw''. In 1999, she received the Multatuli Prize. ReferencesProfileat the Digital library for Dutch ...

(born 1954), poet and prose writer * Yvonne Keuls (born 1931), Indo writer and novelist * Yvonne Kroonenberg (born 1950), psychologist, columnist and author of works about men *

Mina Kruseman Wilhelmina Jacoba Pauline Rudolphine "Mina" Kruseman (25 September 1839 – 1922) was a 19th-century Dutch feminist, actrice and author who used to call herself Oristorio di Frama. Youth Mina Kruseman was born in Velp, Gelderland as the olde ...

(1839–1922), feminist and non-fiction writer *

Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz (1899–1989) was a Dutch historian, writer and archivist. She published under the name, G.H. Kurtz. Early years Gerda Kurtz was born in Amsterdam, and moved to Haarlem with her family at age seven. She studied at a girls' ...

(1899–1989), historical writer * Emy Koopman (born 1985), video and print journalist, bibliotherapy researcher and scholar

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Astrid Lampe Astrid Lampe (born December 22, 1955, in Tilburg, Netherlands) is a Dutch poet, actor and director. In addition, she teaches students of the Department of Language and Image at Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Works *Lil(zucht) (Lil(sigh)), 2010 * ...

(born 1955), poet and actress *

Katharyne Lescailje Katharyne Lescailje or Catharina Lescaille (September 26, 1649 in Amsterdam – June 8, 1711) was a Dutch poet, translator and Publisher. Along with Catharina Questiers and Cornelia van der Veer she was the most successful female Dutch poet of the ...

(1649–1711), poet and translator *

Noni Lichtveld Maria Johanna Francisca Renée "Noni" Lichtveld (3 May 1929 – 16 August 2017) was a Dutch-Surinamese author, illustrator and scenic designer. Biography Lichtveld was the second daughter of the Surinamese author Lou Lichtveld (also known a ...

(1929–2017), children's writer and illustrator based in

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Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer, also ''Johanna Dorothea Zoutelande'' or ''Madame de Zoutelandt'', (1664–1737) was a Dutch writer, memoirist and translator. She was also a suspected traitor as a suspected spy. She was arrested in 1703 under the name d ...

(1664–1737), memoirist and translator * Tessa de Loo (born 1946), novelist * Emilie Luzac (1748–1788), correspondent

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Cissy van Marxveldt Sietske de Haan (24 November 1889 – 31 October 1948), better known by her pen name Cissy van Marxveldt, was a Dutch writer of children's books. She is best known for her series of ''Joop ter Heul'' novels. Biography Sietske de Haan was born o ...

(1889–1948), children's writer * Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma (1918–2001), columnist and children's writer * Clara Meijers (1885–1964), feminist writer * Vonne van der Meer (born 1952), fiction writer and playwright * Doeschka Meijsing (1947–2012), novelist * Hanny Michaelis (1922–2007), poet *

Marga Minco Marga Minco (pseudonym of Sara Menco; born 31 March 1920) is a Dutch journalist and writer. Biography Born in Ginneken en Bavel, Ginneken to an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish family, Minco began work as a trainee journalist on the ''Bred ...

(born 1920), journalist and novelist *

Marente de Moor Marente de Moor (; born 1972) is a Dutch novelist and columnist. She published four novels and two collections of short stories. She won the AKO Literatuurprijs (2011) and the European Union Prize for Literature (2014) for her novel ''De Nederl ...

(born 1972), novelist and columnist * Mieke Mosmuller (born 1951), fiction and non-fiction writer in Dutch and German *

Charlotte Mutsaers Charlotte Jacoba Maria Mutsaers (; born 2 November 1942) is a Dutch painter, prose writer and essayist. She won the Constantijn Huygens Prize (2000) and the P. C. Hooft Award (2010) for her literary oeuvre. Biography Charlotte Jacoba Maria Mut ...

(born 1942) prose writer and essayist

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Saskia Noort Saskia Noort (born 13 April 1967 in Bergen, North Holland) is a Dutch crime-writer and freelance journalist. She has written articles for the Dutch editions of Marie Claire and Playboy as well as publishing three novels, '' The Dinner Club'' pu ...

(born 1967), crime-fiction writer and journalist

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Connie Palmen Aldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria "Connie" Palmen (born 25 November 1955) is a Dutch author. Palmen debuted with the novel ''De wetten'' (1990), published in the United States as ''The Laws'' (1993), translated by Richard Huijing. ''The Laws'' ...

(born 1955), novelist *

Marianne Philips Marianne Philips (18 March 1886 – 13 May 1951) was a Dutch writer and politician. In 1919, she became one of the first female municipal council members of the Netherlands. Philips wrote psychological novels. Philips survived World War II by goin ...

(1886–1951), psychological novelist and politician *

Ethel Portnoy Ethel Portnoy (March 8, 1927 – May 25, 2004) was a Dutch writer of prose, who wrote essays, columns, short stories, travel stories and several novels. Biography Ethel Portnoy was born in Philadelphia but grew up in the Bronx in New York City ...

(1927–2004), essayist, columnist and fiction writer in English * Maria Pypelinckx (1538–1608), correspondent

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Catharina Questiers Catharina Questiers (21 November 16313 February 1669) was a Dutch poet and dramatist. Along with Cornelia van der Veer and Katharyne Lescailje she was the most successful female Dutch poet of the second half of the 17th century. Her brother Da ...

(1631–1669), poet and playwright

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* Veronique Renard (born 1965),

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memoirist and non-fiction writer in English *

Henriette Roland Holst Henriette Goverdine Anna "Jet" Roland Holst-van der Schalk (24 December 1869 – 21 November 1952) was a Dutch poet and communist. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The poet Adriaan Roland Holst (1888–1976), nicknamed "the D ...

(1869–1952), poet, playwright and biographer *

Astrid Roemer Astrid Heligonda Roemer (; born 27 April 1947) is a Surinamese-Netherlands, Dutch writer and teacher. The Dutch-language author has published novels, drama and poetry, and in December 2015 was announced as the winner of the P. C. Hooft Award, c ...

(born 1947), Suriname novelist and poet living in the Netherlands *

Hannie Rouweler Hannie Rouweler (born 13 June 1951 in Goor, Overijssel) is a Dutch poet. Biography Rouweler was born as one of seven children in a Roman Catholic family in the primarily Protestant village of Goor. She has said that she began writing at age 15, ...

(born 1951), Dutch poet *

Heleen van Royen Heleen van Royen (born Helena Margaretha Kroon; 9 March 1965, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch novelist and columnist. Her novel ''De gelukkige huisvrouw'' ("The Happy Housewife") was best-selling Dutch novel of 2010. The candid descriptions of sexuality ...

(born 1965), novelist and columnist * Renate Rubinstein (1929–1990), journalist, columnist and non-fiction writer * Helga Ruebsamen (1934–2016), columnist and novelist *

Anna Rutgers van der Loeff Anna ("An") Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau (1910–1990) was a Dutch writer of children's novels. Biography van der Loeff was born in Amsterdam on March 15, 1910, the eldest daughter of bacteriologist Jacob Basenau and writer-translator Nor ...

(1910–1990), children's writer

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Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg Heleen W.A.M. Sancisi-Weerdenburg (23 May 1944, in Haarlem – 28 May 2000, in Utrecht), was a Dutch ancient historian, specializing in classical Greek and Achaemenid history. Sancisi-Weerdenburg began her studies in ancient history at the Univer ...

(1944–2000), historical works on Ancient Greece and Persia * Annet Schaap (born 1965), children's literature *

Margo Scharten-Antink Margo Sybranda Everdina Scharten-Antink (September 7, 1868 – November 27, 1957) was a Dutch poet. She was born in Zutphen and died in Florence, Italy. In 1928 she and her husband Carel Scharten won a bronze medal in the art competitions o ...

(1868–1957), poet and novelist * Mineke Schipper (born 1938), novelist and non-fiction writer on women's literature * Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995), children's writer and television screenwriter *

Anna Maria van Schurman Anna Maria van Schurman (November 5, 1607 – May 4, 1678) was a Dutch painter, engraver, poet, and scholar, who is best known for her exceptional learning and her defence of female education. She was a highly educated woman, who excelled in ...

(1607–1678), German-born poet with works in Latin in defence of female education * Anja Sicking (born 1965), fiction writer *

Hilda van Stockum Hilda Gerarda van Stockum (9 February 1908 – 1 November 2006) was a Dutch-born children's writer and artist. She received a Newbery Honor. Biography She was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Her father was an officer in the Dutch Royal ...

(1908–2006), English-language children's writer

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Marianne Thieme Marianne Louise Thieme (, born 6 March 1972) is a Dutch politician, author and animal rights activist. A jurist by education, she served as the Party for the Animals' political leader from 2002 to 2019 and a member of the House of Representatives ...

(born 1972), politician and writer on animals rights * Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1723–1786), poet and translator

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Mellie Uyldert Mellie Uyldert (31 May 1908 in Blaricum – 10 May 2009 in Bilthoven) was a Dutch New Age writer, alternative healer, occultist, and astrologer who published about 30 esoteric books, selling over a million copies, making her a recognized person ...

(1908–2009), astrologer and esoteric writer

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* M. Vasalis (1909–1998), poet and psychiatrist *

Cornelia van der Veer Cornelia van der Veer (born Amsterdam, 30 August 1639 - buried there 18 October 1704) was a Dutch poet. Along with Catharina Questiers and Katharyne Lescailje she was the most successful female Dutch poet of the second half of the 17th century. ...

(1639–1704), poet * Jacoba van Velde (1903–1985), novelist author of ''De grote zaal'' * Stephanie Vetter (1884–1974), fiction writer *

Anna Visscher Anna Roemers Visscher (c. 2 February 1583 – 6 December 1651) was a Dutch people, Dutch artist, poet, and translation, translator. Biography Anna Roemers Visscher was the eldest daughter of Amsterdam merchant and poet Roemer Visscher and the s ...

(1584–1651), poet and translator * Simone van der Vlugt (born 1966), historical and young-adult novelist * Ida Vos (1931–2006), children's writer *

Beb Vuyk Elizabeth (Beb) Vuyk (born Rotterdam, February 11, 1905 – died Blaricum, August 24, 1991) was a Dutch writer of Indo people, Indo (Eurasian) descent. Her Indo father was born in the Dutch East Indies and had a mother from Madura, but was ‘rep ...

(1905–1991), Indo fiction writer

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* Lulu Wang (born 1960), Chinese-born novelist writing in Dutch *

Elly de Waard Elly de Waard (born September 8, 1940) is a Dutch poet. She was born in Bergen and was educated at the Murmellius Gymnasium and the University of Amsterdam. From 1965 to 1984, she was a rock music critic for the Dutch daily newspaper ''de Volkskr ...

(born 1940), poet and music critic * Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830), poet *

Betje Wolff Elizabeth ("Betje") Wolff-Bekker (24 July 17385 November 1804) was a Dutch novelist who, with Agatha "Aagje" Deken, wrote several popular epistolary novels such as ''Sara Burgerhart'' (1782) and ''Willem Levend'' (1784). Biography Betje Bekker w ...

(1738–1804), epistolary novelist of works co-authored with Aagje Deken

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Marie van Zeggelen Maria Christina "Marie" van Zeggelen (8 July 1870 – 15 July 1957) was a Dutch writer, educator and painter. She best known for her children's books and books about Indonesia. Van Zeggelen told a story from the perspective of the Indonesian popu ...

(1870–1957), novelist and children's writer * Annejet van der Zijl (born 1962), novelist and biographer

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