Dutch-language literature is the product of the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles and of formerly Dutch-speaking regions, such as French Flanders, South Africa, and Indonesia.
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Dutch-language literature is the product of the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles and of formerly Dutch-speaking regions, such as French Flanders, South Africa, and Indonesia.
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Conversely, Dutch-language literature sometimes was and is produced by people originally from abroad who came to live in Dutch-speaking regions, such as Anne Frank and Kader Abdolah.
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One Minnesanger was the aforementioned Van Veldeke, the first Dutch-language literature writer known by name, who wrote epic poetry and hagiographies.
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Dutch-language literature is considered one of the greatest historians, not merely of the Low Countries, but of Europe.
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Charles De Coster laid the foundations for a native Belgian Dutch-language literature by recounting the Flemish past in historic romances but wrote his works in French.
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Dutch-language literature lived just long enough to become aware that a revolution was approaching, not to comprehend its character; but his accomplished fidelity to literary principle and his wide knowledge have been honoured even by the most bitter of the younger school.
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Dutch-language literature was no sooner dead than his posthumous poems, and in particular a cycle of sonnets called Mathilde, were published and awakened extraordinary emotion.
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Dutch-language literature held his own without any marked advance towards lucidity or variety.
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Dutch-language literature's written works were influenced by the literary figures of the early 20th century.
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