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TaleUlenspieghelAnonymous · 1519not translated into EnglishThe pranks of a vagabond who obeys too well, in a popular book printed in Antwerp.Literature
TheatreThe Boot beneath the CrownDe gecroonde leersseMichiel de Swaen · 1688A Brussels cobbler imposes a son-in-law on his daughter, and a stranger invites himself to his carnival feast.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelJellen en MietjeKarel Broeckaert · 1815not translated into EnglishA boy from Ghent comes to ask for the neighbours' daughter, and the matter turns on a misplaced word.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelThe Lion of FlandersDe Leeuw van VlaanderenHendrik Conscience · 1838A count of Flanders and his son held captive by the king of France, and craft militias marching on Courtrai.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelDe koopmansklerkPieter Frans van Kerckhoven · 1843not translated into EnglishA tailor from Antwerp dreams of seeing his son, a clerk, become a merchant; the son, for his part, experiences bankruptcies.LiteraturePublic domain
PoetryVolksliedjesTheodoor van Rijswijck · 1846not translated into EnglishSongs in popular Flemish, patriotic or drinking songs, set to tunes everyone knows.LiteraturePublic domain
PoetryGedichtenJohan Alfried de Laet · 1848not translated into EnglishA doctor turned journalist gathers ten years of Romantic verse and pays tribute to the painters of his city.LiteraturePublic domain
PoetryGedichtenJohan Michiel Dautzenberg · 1850not translated into EnglishPoems that bend Flemish to the metres of antiquity, against the regular beat to which the language had grown accustomed.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelArnold de DroomerEugeen Zetternam · 1852not translated into EnglishA dreamer raised on the heath, under his mother's protection, arrives in the city and falls in love with another man's wife.LiteraturePublic domain
PoetryLèyîz-m' plorerNicolas Defrêcheux · 1854not translated into EnglishThe lament of a grieving lover, spoken in a language thought good only for laughter.Literature
EpicThe Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl UlenspiegelLa Légende d'Ulenspiegel et de Lamme GoedzakCharles de Coster · 1867Sixteenth-century Flanders is under the Spanish crown, the Inquisition burns heretics there, and the revolt of the Beggars spreads to the towns.Literature
PoetryGevoel en levenJan van Beers · 1869not translated into EnglishA poet who recites his verses in public brings together his tales of the lives of the humble and his occasional pieces.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelErnest Staas, advocaat : Schetsen en beeldenAnton Bergmann · 1874not translated into EnglishThe life of a Flemish lawyer, from school to the bar, taken in detached, ironic sketches.LiteraturePublic domain
PoetryEerste gedichtenAlbrecht Rodenbach · 1878not translated into EnglishEarly verse, epic and religious, written to rally a generation of Flemish students.Literature
NovelUn mâleCamille Lemonnier · 1881not translated into EnglishA poacher and a farmer's daughter fall in love, against the land, the law and the village.LiteraturePublic domain
PoetryLa Flûte à SiebelMax Waller · 1891not translated into EnglishThe verse of a magazine editor, somewhere between the lament, the boulevard stroll and irony.Literature
NovelEen dure eedVirginie Loveling · 1891not translated into EnglishIn a Flemish village, two young girls pledge their word to two twin brothers, without knowing what it will cost them.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelBruges-la-MorteBruges-la-morteGeorges Rodenbach · 1892Bruges at the end of the nineteenth century: a widower chooses the city of canals in which to shut away his mourning.LiteraturePublic domain
PoetryTijdkransGuido Gezelle · 1893not translated into EnglishMore than two hundred poems arranged by day, year and eternity, between nature poetry and occasional verse.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelHet recht van den sterksteCyriel Buysse · 1893not translated into EnglishA village brute takes a young girl by force, and the street where she lives watches him do it.LiteraturePublic domain
PoetryLes Villes tentaculairesÉmile Verhaeren · 1895not translated into EnglishThe countryside empties and the city swallows everything, factories, Stock Exchange, bazaar, port and crowds, in a series of tableaux in free verse.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelWrakkenEmmanuel de Bom · 1898not translated into EnglishThree wrecks of the port of Antwerp, a waitress and two men, each of whom expects the others to save his life.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelEscal-VigorGeorges Eekhoud · 1899A lord of the manor, back on his island, falls in love with a young shepherd, and the neighbourhood rises against them.Literature
Short storiesDe wonderbare wereldHerman Teirlinck · 1902not translated into EnglishThree country tales in which a widower, a household and a dreamy miller are observed down to the smallest gesture.Literature
NovelLe jardinier de la PompadourEugène Demolder · 1904not translated into EnglishA village florist enters the service of the king's favourite to create the gardens of a new château.LiteraturePublic domain
PoetryLa Chanson d'EveCharles Van Lerberghe · 1904not translated into EnglishThe first woman gives things their names and discovers, from dawn to dusk, what a conscience is.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelDe wandelende JoodAugust Vermeylen · 1906not translated into EnglishA cobbler of Jerusalem, haunted by the eyes of the Nazarene he did not follow, wanders in search of peace.LiteraturePublic domain
TheatreThe Blue BirdL'Oiseau bleuMaurice Maeterlinck · 1908On a Christmas Eve, two woodcutter's children set out to find the bird of happiness through enchanted lands.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelVilla des RosesVilla des rosesWillem Elsschot · 1913In a cheap Parisian boarding house, a chambermaid and a German lodger, under the gaze of the whole household.Literature
CinemaDamn the WarMaudite soit la guerreAlfred Machin · 1914Two friends, both aviators, on either side of a border, become enemies the day war breaks out.Cinema
NovelPallieterFelix Timmermans · 1916A man with no trade savours everything the valley gives him, through the seasons, in a series of tableaux.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelLi Brak'nîJoseph Calozet · 1920not translated into EnglishA young Ardennes farm girl hesitates between a poacher she loves and the forest ranger her mother has chosen for her.Literature
PoetryOccupied CityBezette stadPaul Van Ostaijen · 1921A city under occupation, expressed through the arrangement of the characters on the page and the silence of the blanks.LiteraturePublic domain
NovelHistoire d'une MarieAndré Baillon · 1921not translated into EnglishA young woman from the countryside makes her way through the city and through men, then a writer marries her and takes the story into his own hands.LiteraturePublic domain
PoetryLa Chanson de la rue Saint-PaulMax Elskamp · 1922not translated into EnglishA poet returns to the street where he was born and draws from it childhood, the sea and trades, in verses as short as prayers.Literature
NovelDe teleurgang van den WaterhoekStijn Streuvels · 1927not translated into EnglishThe building of a bridge opens up a hamlet turned in on itself, and the engineer in charge of the site falls in love with a local girl.Literature
PoetryWiekslag om de kimKarel van de Woestijne · 1928not translated into EnglishA long prologue and three collections follow the ascent of a soul, from sensuality towards God.LiteraturePublic domain
CinemaImpatienceCharles Dekeukeleire · 1928A woman, a motorbike, the mountain and abstract forms, edited in rhythm to depict impatience.Cinema
CinemaThe PearlLa PerleHenri d'Ursel · 1929A stolen jewel draws a young man among female thieves and sleepwalkers, in the manner of silent serials.Cinema
NovelLa Comtesse des diguesMarie Gevers · 1931not translated into EnglishA young woman takes over the guardianship of the river dykes and must choose a husband from among three suitors.Literature
PoetryGeheimschriftJan van Nijlen · 1934not translated into EnglishVerse of classical form on childhood, the seasons and departures, between melancholy and irony.Literature
TheatreLa Balade du Grand MacabreMichel de Ghelderode · 1934not translated into EnglishA strange visitor claims to have come to carry off the world, in an imaginary country of fairs and drinkers.Literature
ComedyWhiteyDe WitteEdith Kiel · 1934The pranks of a white-haired boy in a Flemish village, seen from a child's height.Cinema
PoetryLa nuit remueHenri Michaux · 1935not translated into EnglishNightmare prose pieces, poems and invented animals, which their author said were closer to a journal than to a collection.Literature
ComedyCarnival in FlandersLa Kermesse héroïqueJacques Feyder · 1935When a Spanish army announces its arrival in a Flemish town, the men hide and the women receive the enemy.Cinema
NarrativeElias, or The Struggle with the NightingalesElias of het gevecht met de nachtegalenMaurice Gilliams · 1936A twelve-year-old boy, in a country château, becomes attached to an older cousin and struggles with his daydreams.Literature
Short storiesMemoirs of a Secret RevolutionaryFaux passeportsCharles Plisnier · 1937A disillusioned militant meets again five comrades from the clandestine struggle and sees what the cause has made of them.Literature
CinemaMr. FantômasMonsieur FantômasErnst Moerman · 1937A masked bandit searches for his beloved from the beach to the rooftops, in dreamlike and irreverent tableaux.Cinema
ComedyBossemans et CoppenolleGaston Schoukens · 1938Two Brussels fathers divided by football see their children fall in love, in a comedy in the city's dialect.Cinema
NovelL'Assassin habite au 21Stanislas-André Steeman · 1939not translated into EnglishA serial killer signs his crimes with an ordinary name, and the police learn that he is lodging in a London boarding house.Literature
NovelMalpertuisJean Ray · 1943Heirs must live together in a sinister house in order to receive their share, and they disappear one by one.Literature
CinemaSoldiers without UniformsSoldats sans uniformeÉmile-Georges De Meyst · 1944Belgian resistance fighters, sheltered in a château, must guard against a spy who has come among them.Cinema
NovelThe Snow Was DirtyLa neige était saleGeorges Simenon · 1948A young man in an occupied town commits gratuitous crimes, as if to see how far he can go.Literature
CinemaL'Équateur aux cent visagesAndré Cauvin · 1948The Belgian Congo filmed by a director living among its inhabitants, between wildlife, forest and rites.Cinema
CinemaRubensHenri Storck and Paul Haesaerts · 1948Rubens's painting taken apart by the camera: animated outlines, split screen, juxtapositions of canvases.Cinema
NovelMemoirs of HadrianMémoires d'HadrienMarguerite Yourcenar · 1951A Roman emperor at the end of his life recounts his reign and his loves in a letter to his young successor.Literature
NovelMemoirs from ElsinoreMémoires d'ElseneurFranz Hellens · 1954A boy convinced that his mother and his uncle killed his father tells of a life of wandering, from Antwerp to the open sea.Literature
NovelMijn woningenRaymond Brulez · 1955not translated into EnglishA life told through its successive dwellings, from the small family hotel on the coast to the war years.Literature
CinemaSeagulls Die in the HarbourMeeuwen sterven in de havenRik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels and Roland Verhavert · 1955A nameless fugitive wanders the quays of Antwerp, helped by a child and two women.Cinema
CinemaEn 50 ansGérard de Boe · 1958Half a century of colonisation in Katanga, told from the arrival of new miners to the schools and hospitals.Cinema
CinemaFrom the Branches Drops the Withered BlossomDéjà s'envole la fleur maigrePaul Meyer · 1960An Italian family arrives in the mining basin just as a former underground worker is preparing to leave.Cinema
CinemaIf the Wind Frightens YouSi le vent te fait peurÉmile Degelin · 1960Two children of the same family camp in the dunes and gauge how ambiguous their closeness is.Cinema
NovelBook AlphaHet boek AlfaIvo Michiels · 1963A sentry standing motionless in front of a barracks, during a conflict, lets himself be overrun by images of the past.Literature
PoetryL'Expérience continuePaul Nougé · 1966not translated into EnglishThe poetic writings of a surrealist who refused to produce a body of work, gathered by a friend the year before his death.Literature
CinemaMalpertuisHarry Kümel · 1972A sailor finds himself shut up in his family's house, around an uncle and an inheritance.Cinema
CinemaHotel MontereyHôtel MontereyChantal Akerman · 1972A night in a New York welfare hotel, seen in long, fixed, silent shots.Cinema
CinemaWedding TroughVase de NocesThierry Zéno · 1974An isolated farmer, without a word, becomes attached to one of his animals to the point of passion.Cinema
CinemaShame of the JungleTarzoon, la honte de la junglePicha · 1975A bald queen has an ape-man's companion abducted in order to take her hair.Cinema
CinemaMagnum Begynasium BruxellenseBoris Lehman · 1978An inventory of an old Brussels neighbourhood doomed to the pickaxe, over the course of a day.Cinema
CinemaHarpyaRaoul Servais · 1979A man rescues a creature half woman, half bird, who moves into his home and devours everything.Cinema
CinemaWhiteyDe Witte van SichemRobbe de Hert · 1980A village boy sets his pranks against poverty and beatings, at the beginning of the twentieth century in the Campine.Cinema
CinemaLe Grand Paysage d'Alexis DroevenJean-Jacques Andrien · 1981On his father's death, a young farmer must choose between the land and the city, in a divided region.Cinema
NovelThe Sorrow of BelgiumHet verdriet van BelgiëHugo Claus · 1983A Flemish boy grows up between boarding school and a family drawn to the occupier's new order.Literature
CinemaBrussels by NightMarc Didden · 1983A forty-year-old man arrives in Brussels and attaches himself to three strangers, over the course of a night.Cinema
CinemaDustMarion Hänsel · 1985A lone woman in her father's service, on a remote farm, between facts and fantasies.Cinema
CinemaThe AbyssL'œuvre au noirAndré Delvaux · 1988A hunted alchemist doctor returns incognito to the town of his childhood, in the time of the Inquisition.Cinema
CinemaThe Music TeacherLe Maître de musiqueGérard Corbiau · 1988A baritone leaves the stage at the peak of his career to train two voices, and his old rival invites them to a competition.Cinema
CinemaRosettaJean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne · 1999A young woman fights for a job as she fights for her survival, from the caravan where she lives.Cinema