DK Travel : Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent : Top 10 Belgian Writers, Poets and Musicians

Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent : Top 10 Belgian Writers, Poets and Musicians

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1. Roland de Lassus

Also known as Orlando di Lasso (c.1532–94). One of the leading composers of his day.
2. César Franck

Organist and composer (1822–90) in the Romantic tradition.
3. Émile Verhaeren

Symbolist poet (1855– 1916) noted for his portrayals (in French) of Flanders.
4. Maurice Maeterlinck

Nobel-Prize-winning Symbolist poet and dramatist (1862–1949).
5. Michel de Ghelderode

Belgium’s most celebrated 20th-century playwright (1898–1962), and one of the most original writers in the French language.
6. Georges Simenon

Prolific master of the popular detective story (1903–89) and creator of Inspector Maigret (see Georges Simenon).
7. Django Reinhardt

The most celebrated of all jazz guitarists, Reinhardt (1910–53) was a key member of the renowned Quintet of the Hot Club of France.
8. Arthur Grumiaux

A leading violinist of his era (1921–86).
9. Hugo Claus

Belgium’s most revered living writer (born 1929), a Bruges-born poet, playwright and novelist writing in Dutch.
10. Amélie Nothomb

One of Belgium’s most successful modern novelists (born 1967), noted for her exploration of the darker sides of human nature.