# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-maarten-van-den-brink
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:57:42.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-maarten-van-den-brink"
name: "Hans Maarten van den Brink"
slug: "hans-maarten-van-den-brink"
description: "Hans Maarten van den Brink (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑns ˈmaːrtə  vɑn də  ˈbrɪŋk]; is a Dutch journalist and writer. He was born in 1956 in Oegstgeest. He began his career as an art editor at NRC Handelsblad. He worked in Spain for a few years as foreign correspondent, which provided material for a couple of his books. He also worked in television. He is best known for his novella On the Water which was translated in many languages and won numerous literary prizes."
tagline: "Dutch writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans_Maarten_van_den_Brink_D%C3%BCsseldorf_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1956"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.4
  momentum:             0.1324503311258278
  historical:           6.538841333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1985177/"
    handle:    "nm1985177"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Maarten_van_den_Brink"
    title: "Hans Maarten van den Brink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "هانس مارتين ڤان دين برينك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Maarten_van_den_Brink"
    title: "Hans Maarten van den Brink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Maarten_van_den_Brink"
    title: "Hans Maarten van den Brink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Maarten_van_den_Brink"
    title: "Hans Maarten van den Brink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Maarten_van_den_Brink"
    title: "Hans Maarten van den Brink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Maarten_van_den_Brink"
    title: "Hans Maarten van den Brink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3126978"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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