Herman Frans Martha Brusselmans (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛrmɑm ˈbrʏsəlmɑns]; born 9 October 1957) is a Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist.

Brusselmans gained widespread popularity in the early 1980s as part of the new generation of young Flemish novelists that included Tom Lanoye and Kristien Hemmerechts.

Bold, straightforward statements and comments have become his trademark throughout the years and don't fail to attract attention, what cost him several lawsuits, the most memorable of which was when Ann Demeulemeester, a Belgian fashion designer, filed a complaint with the courts about a derogatory remark about her in Uitgeverij Guggenheimer.

[citation needed] During the Israel-Hamas war of 2023-4, Brussels-based European Jewish Association (EJA) announced it was initiating legal action against him for incitement to murder.

[3][4] This was in response to Brusselmans writing a graphic column, in which he described imagining scenarios where his wife was a dead Palestinian and his son a boy screaming for his mother, leading him to feel "so angry that I want to ram a sharp knife through the throat of every Jew I meet."