Belgian literature
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In literature, Belgium has produced several well-known authors, such as the poet Émile Verhaeren and novelist Georges Simenon. The poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck.
Le fantastique in Belgium: Georges Eekhoud, Franz Hellens, Thomas Owen, Jean Ray, Marcel Thiry and Jacques Sternberg.
Franco-Belgian comics
The best known Franco-Belgian comics are by Hergé but many other major authors of comics have been Belgian, including Peyo (the smurfs), André Franquin, Edgar P. Jacobs and Willy Vandersteen.
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