Dutch Literature

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Etty Hillesum, Flemish literature, Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature, Folklore of the Low Countries, Medieval Dutch literature, The Diary of a Young Girl, Pluk van de Petteflet, Nineteenth-century Dutch literature, Heer Halewijn, Dutch comics, List of Dutch language writers, Paul Harland Prize, List of publications during the Boekenweek, Antwerp songbook, Julius Excluded from Heaven, Chamber of rhetoric, Maatstaf, Abeltje, Tales from the Secret Annex, Hebban olla vogala, Jip and Janneke, Unleash Award, NRC's Best Dutch novels, Project Laurens Janszoon Coster, Six Candles for India. Excerpt: Dutch literature comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers. Dutch literature is not restricted to the Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium), Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, as it has also been produced in other (formerly) Dutch-speaking regions, such as French Flanders, South Africa and the former Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). Alternatively, Dutch literature was and is produced by people originally from abroad who came to live in Dutch-speaking regions, such as Anne Frank and Kader Abdolah. In its earliest stages, Dutch literature is defined as those pieces of literary merit written in one of the Dutch dialects of the Low Countries. Before the 17th century, there was no unified standard language; the dialects that are considered Dutch evolved from Old Frankish. Afrikaans can claim the same literary roots as contemporary Dutch, as both languages stem from 17th century Dutch. Around 500 AD, Old Frankish evolved to Old Dutch, a West Germanic language that was spoken by the Franks and to a lesser extent by people living in the regions conquered by the Franks. Until the end of the 11th century, Dutch ...