David Van Reybrouck

David Van Reybrouck is an award-winning Belgian cultural historian, archaeologist, and author of Congo: The Epic History of a People and Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World, for which he has received several awards. In Revolusi, Van Reybrouck draws on hundreds of interviews and eyewitness accounts to bring the gripping story of Indonesia’s struggle for independence to life, with human detail at every turn. Four million civilians died during the World War II occupation by the Japanese. He spent five years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a railway engineer immediately after independence. He holds a doctorate from Leiden University.

David Van Reybrouck adalah penulis Belgia yang dikenal atas karya-karyanya tentang sejarah dan budaya. Dua bukunya yang terkenal, Congo: The Epic History of a People dan Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World, telah meraih berbagai penghargaan. Dalam Revolusi, ia mengangkat perjuangan Indonesia meraih kemerdekaan, dengan mewawancarai ratusan saksi sejarah dan merekam kisah pribadi mereka. Ia mencatat bahwa sekitar empat juta warga sipil Indonesia tewas selama pendudukan Jepang di Perang Dunia II. Van Reybrouck pernah bekerja selama lima tahun di Republik Demokratik Kongo sebagai insinyur kereta api, dan meraih gelar doktor dari Universitas Leiden.