Freek de Jonge

Frederik "Freek" Jan Georg de Jonge (born 30 August 1944) is a Dutch cabaret performer and writer.

In 1979, Neerlands Hoop split up and De Jonge started a solo career of comedy performances.

Besides performing in cabaret, De Jonge has written the novels Zaansch Veem (1987), Neerlands Bloed (1991) and Opa's Wijsvinger (1993).

A cover of Bob Dylan's "Death is not the End", titled "Leven Na De Dood", reached the first place of the Dutch charts in 1997.

On 12 November 2005, he received the Groenman prize from the Genootschap Onze Taal; this is a society which works with the Dutch language.