
Known for
Acting
Born
September 11, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
Brugge, Flanders, Belgium
David Grégoire Van Reybrouck (born 11 September 1971, in Bruges) is a Belgian cultural historian, archaeologist and author. He writes historical fiction, literary non-fiction, novels, poetry, plays and academic texts. He has received several Dutch literary prizes, including AKO Literature Prize (2010) and Libris History Prize.
Van Reybrouck was born into a family of florists, bookbinders and artists. His father, a farmer's son, spent five years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a railway engineer immediately after independence. He holds a doctorate from Leiden University.
Van Reybrouck's first book, De Plaag (in English: The Plague), was a cross between a travelogue and a literary...
2025
2025
Writer
2015
as Self
2013