David Van Reybrouck

About the author

Born in Bruges in 1971, David Van Reybrouck is a Belgian cultural historian, archaeologist, and writer of remarkable range. He moves fluidly across genres — historical fiction, literary non-fiction, novels, poetry, plays, and academic texts — bringing scholarly depth to broadly accessible work. His books include Congo: The Epic History of a People and Revolusi, both of which have earned him significant awards and established him as one of the most versatile and ambitious voices in contemporary European non-fiction.