Paulus Johannes "Paul" Biegel was a successful and prolific Dutch writer of children's literature.
Lambertus Jacobus Johannes "Bertus" Aafjes was a Dutch poet whose work is marked by his devout Catholicism.
Brother Dr. René P. E. Stockman, F.C. is the Superior General of the Congregation of the Brothers of Charity since 2000. He is a Belgian specialist in psychiatric caregiving.
The Gouden Griffel is an award given to authors of children's or teenagers' literature in the Netherlands.
Remco Campert is a Dutch author, poet and columnist.
Paul Kempeneers is a Belgian philologist and linguist.
Stefan Hertmans is a Flemish Belgian writer. He was head of a study centre at University College Ghent and affiliated researcher of the Ghent University. He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 2002 for the novel Als op de eerste dag.
Lous Paulina Van Den Bergh, known as Lode Van Den Bergh, who uses the pseudonyms Aster Berkhof and Piet Visser, is a Belgian writer. He is married to Nora Steyaert. He was born in Rijkevorsel.
Karel Jonckheere as Carolus Joannes Baptista Jonckheere was a Flemish writer and critic. Widely traveled, he was inspired by his journeys for his poems and novels.
Paul de Wispelaere was a Flemish writer.
The Fernand Collin Prize for Law was named after Fernand Collin. It is awarded to a scientist who makes a significant contribution to law in Belgium. In 1972 it was awarded to an economist.
Guus Kuijer is a Dutch author. He wrote books for children and adults, and is best known for the Madelief series of children's books. For his career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" he won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2012, the biggest prize in children's literature. As a children's writer he was one of five finalists for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2008.
Josephus Carel Franciscus (Jef) Last was a Dutch poet, writer, translator and cosmopolitan.
Henricus Franciscus Maria (Harry) Peeters was a Dutch historian and psychologist, Emeritus Professor of Historical Psychology at the Tilburg University, and founder dean of the TIAS School for Business and Society (TIAS) in 1982 and for his work on European historical psychology.
Peter Mertens is a Belgian author and politician of the Workers' Party of Belgium (PVDA-PTB).
Otto Dirk Duintjer is a Dutch philosopher. He studied theology at the Free University in Amsterdam (VU) and the University of Amsterdam, as well as philosophy at Groningen University. He was an assistant professor at Leiden University from 1960 to 1970, where he obtained his doctorate in philosophy in 1966 with a dissertation entitled The Issue of the Transcendental, Especially in Relation to Heidegger and Kant.
Daniël (Daan) van Golden was a Dutch artist, who has been active as painter, photographer, collagist, installation artist, wall painter and graphic artist. He is known for his meticulous paintings of motives and details of everyday life and every day images.
Prof. Bonno Thoden van Velzen, in full: Hendrik Ulbo Eric ('Bonno') Thoden van Velzen is a Dutch anthropologist, Surinamist and Africanist. Born in the Dutch city of Flushing. His father was a coxswain at the merchant navy and teacher at the Rijksnormaalschool in the city of Deventer. His ancestors are Protestant pastors from the neighbourhood of Emden in East-Frisia, which is now part of the German federal state of Low Saxony.
Johan Decavele is a Belgian historian and archivist who has published widely on the history of Ghent and on the history of the Reformation. He was a contributor to the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation and to Oxford Art Online.
Mirjam Mous is a Dutch author of children's literature.
