Robert Schouten is a Dutch writer, poet, columnist, and literary critic of the daily Trouw. He was a writer in residence at the U of M (1986/87), Professor of literary criticism at the Free University of Amsterdam (1993-1996). His last novel is De groene gravin (2019), and his last collection is Dit moet dus de werkelijkheid zijn (2021). His penultimate collection Infauste service forecast was awarded the Herman Gorter Prize 2001. He lives in Amsterdam.