Raoul De Jong

Award-winning Dutch writer, Raoul de Jong (born 1984) has published eight books and written columns for multiple newspapers. Jaguarman, published in 2020, was nominated for the Libris Literature Prize, the European Union Prize for Literature, the Boekenbon Literature Prize, the Boon and the E. du Perron Prize. In 2022, he received the Anna Blaman Prize for his entire oeuvre. In 2023, Raoul wrote the Dutch National Bookweek Essay ‘Boto Banja’, which entered the bestseller lists at number 1. His work is now translated in German, French and English. He has written for most major magazines and newspapers in the Netherlands including NRC Handelsblad, De Volkskrant, Vrij Nederland, De Groene Amsterdammer. Jaguarman was originally published in Dutch by De Bezige Bij in 2020 and then translated into English by John R. J. Eyck and published under the same title by HopeRoad in May 2026. 

Raoul’s participation in this year’s festival is part of New Dutch Writing. Supported by the Dutch Foundation for Literature