LGBT writers in the Dutch-language area are writers from de Lage Landen, that is Flanders and the Netherlands, * who were homosexual * wrote for a homosexual audience * wrote about homosexuality According to Gerrit Komrij qualifying for at least two of the above makes someone a gay author. The first of these authors owed much to the late 19th century decadent literature, with names like Georges Eekhoud in Belgium and Jacob Israël de Haan in the Netherlands. After the second world war Gerard Reve, and later Gerrit Komrij and Tom Lanoye became the leading names.