Valentijn Hoogenkamp

Valentijn Hoogenkamp is a Dutch writer and artist born in 1986. He debuted in 2021 with the critically acclaimed novel Het aanbidden van Louis Claus. Antiboy is his second book, reflecting his personal experiences with gender identity and transformation. Antiboy was originally published in 2023 and then translated into English by Michele Hutchison and published by Seagull Books in January 2025.

Valentijn Hoogenkamp’s attendance at West Cork Literary Festival is supported by the Dutch Foundation for Literature/Nederlands Letterenfonds as part of their New Dutch Writing programme