Gerbrand Bakker Writer

Gerbrand Bakker (born 28 April 1962) is a Dutch writer. He won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for The Twin, the English translation of his novel Boven is het stil, and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The Detour, the English translation of his novel De omweg.

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Gerbrand Bakker
Birth dateApril 28, 1962
Birth place
Wieringerwaard
Nationality
Netherlands

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Writer

influenced by
Winnie-the-Pooh (book)
The Wind in the Willows
Edmund White
notable work
The Detour
The Twin

Topical connections

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Albertus PerkAthlete

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