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Also Known As Netherlandic literature

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Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Cees Nooteboom
Cees Nooteboom
Dutch author
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
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Dick Bruna
Dutch illustrator and writer
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Guido Gezelle
Flemish poet and priest
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Kees Boeke
Dutch educator and author
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Jean Ray
Belgian author
Cats, Jacob
Jacob Cats
Dutch author
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Paul van Ostaijen
Flemish writer
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Cyriel Buysse
Belgian writer
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Herman Teirlinck
Flemish author
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Harry Mulisch
Dutch author
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Hella S. Haasse
Dutch author
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Gerard Reve
Dutch author
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Jacob van Maerlant
Dutch poet
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Hugo Claus
Belgian writer, director, and painter
Portrait of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft by Joachim von Sandrart, showing Hooft with light brown hair, a trimmed beard, and a white lace collar against a dark background.
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Dutch author
Bilderdijk, detail of an oil painting by C.H. Hodges; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Willem Bilderdijk
Dutch poet
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Albert Verwey
Dutch poet

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