Dean Bowen (Dean Andrew Jake Bowen, 1984) is a poet and performer. Among other things, he calls himself a "hip hop kid". He gained fame in many scenes at home and abroad thanks to his extremely inspiring presentations: so in 2015 he won the Spoken Award in the poetry category. His first collection of poetry, entitled Bokman (2018, Goat Man) was nominated for the prestigious C. Buddingh 'Award. He had previously published his work in literary magazines on the internet and in print. Since January 2019 he was appointed poet of the city of Rotterdam for two years. Coming from Suriname, he explores the notion of identity in a way that is equally emotionally and politically charged. He is expresses in a hybrid language, which is often free from the linguistic rules of the Dutch language.