Editing Dutch-language literature (section)

===Modern times (1945&ndash;present)===
[[File:Hella Haasse.jpg|thumb|[[Hella S. Haasse]]]]
Writers who had lived through the atrocities of the Second World War reflected in their works on the changed perception of reality. Obviously many looked back on their experiences the way [[Anne Frank]] had done in her Diary, this was the case with ''Het bittere kruid'' (The bitter herb) of [[Marga Minco]], and ''Kinderjaren'' (Childhood) of [[Jona Oberski]]. The renewal, which in literary history would be described as "ontluisterend realisme" (shocking realism), is mainly associated with three authors: [[Gerard Reve]], [[W.F. Hermans]] and [[Anna Blaman]]. Idealism seems to have disappeared from their prose, now marked by the description of raw reality, inhumanity, with great attention to physicality and sexuality. An obvious example is "[[De Avonden]]" (The evenings) of Gerard Reve, analysing the disillusionment of an adolescent during the "wederopbouw", the period of rebuilding after the destruction of World War II. In Flanders, [[Louis Paul Boon]] and [[Hugo Claus]] were the main representatives of this new literary trend.

[[File:Harry Mulisch 2010.JPG|left|thumb|[[Harry Mulisch]] in 2010]]

*Netherlands: [[Vijftigers]], [[Lucebert]], [[Hans Lodeizen]], [[Jules Deelder]], [[J. Bernlef]], [[Remco Campert]], [[Hella S. Haasse]], [[Eric de Kuyper]], [[M. Vasalis]], [[Leo Vroman]], [[Harry Mulisch]], [[Willem Frederik Hermans]], [[Gerard Reve]], [[Jan Wolkers]], [[Rudy Kousbroek]], [[Gerrit Komrij]], [[Tessa de Loo]], [[Cees Nooteboom]], [[Maarten 't Hart]], [[A.F.Th. van der Heijden]], [[Rutger Kopland]], [[H.H. ter Balkt]], [[Gerrit Krol]], [[Connie Palmen]], [[Geert Mak]], [[J.J. Voskuil]], [[Arnon Grunberg]], [[Joost Zwagerman]], [[Tjalie Robinson]], [[Marion Bloem]], [[Ernst Jansz]], [[Beb Vuyk]], [[Maria Dermout]], [[Adriaan van Dis]].
*Flanders: [[Gerard Walschap]], [[Louis Paul Boon]], [[Hugo Claus]], [[Jef Geeraerts]], [[Tom Lanoye]], [[Erwin Mortier]], [[Dimitri Verhulst]], [[Jotie T'Hooft]], [[Herman Brusselmans]], [[Tom Naegels]], [[Kristien Hemmerechts]], [[Herman de Coninck]], [[Marnix Gijsen]], [[Jos Vandeloo]]
*Suriname: [[Wim Bos Verschuur]], [[Hugo Pos]], [[Corly Verlooghen]], [[Ellen Ombre]]