# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/astrid-roemer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:39:37.897Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/astrid-roemer"
name: "Astrid Roemer"
slug: "astrid-roemer"
description: "Astrid Heligonda Roemer was a Surinamese-Dutch writer and teacher. The Dutch-language author published novels, novellas, drama, poetry and radio plays. In 2016 she won the P. C. Hooft Award, the most important literary prize in the Netherlands and Belgium. Roemer was the first Surinamese author to win this award. She was also the first Surinamese author to win the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren, which she was awarded in 2021. Translations of her work were longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2023 and the International Booker Prize in 2025."
tagline: "Surinamese author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Astrid_heli_roemer-1482407552.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-04-27"
deathDate: "2026-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.894458666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "أستريد رومر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Roemer"
    title: "Astrid Roemer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Roemer"
    title: "Astrid Roemer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Roemer"
    title: "Astrid Roemer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Roemer"
    title: "Astrid Roemer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Roemer"
    title: "Astrid Roemer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Roemer"
    title: "Astrid Roemer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Roemer"
    title: "Astrid Roemer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Roemer"
    title: "Astrid Roemer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://li.wikiquote.org/wiki/Astrid_Roemer"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://nl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Astrid_Roemer"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623190"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump