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Gerbrand Bakker

1962 - Today

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Gerbrand Bakker (born 28 April 1962) is a Dutch writer. He won the International 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. Both novels were translated by co-winner David Colmer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerbrand Bakker is the 6,400th most popular writer (up from 6,489th in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 1,053rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gerbrand Bakker ranks 6,400 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael McClure, Alice Hoffman, Dick King-Smith, Ann Coulter, Gilles Leroy, and Anthony McCarten. After him are Linda Maria Baros, Joanna Baillie, Renate Dorrestein, Sonja Åkesson, Joel Barlow, and Kamel Daoud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Gerbrand Bakker ranks 523. Before him are Razi Mousavi, Volodymyr Lyutyi, Andrew Hampsten, Jack Pierce, Tomas Johansson, and Jeffrey Nordling. After him are Carme Pigem, Vladimir Dezhurov, Miroslav Mentel, José Serrizuela, Hitoshi Nakata, and Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerbrand Bakker ranks 1,007 out of 1,646. Before him are Robert Westerholt (1975), Piet Kleine (1951), Anky van Grunsven (1968), Gaston Taument (1970), Frans Maassen (1965), and Joop Hiele (1958). After him are Renate Dorrestein (1954), Toon Oprinsen (1910), Mounir El Hamdaoui (1984), Erik Dekker (1970), Jan van Diepenbeek (1903), and Michel Faber (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Gerbrand Bakker ranks 58. Before him are Ian Buruma (1951), J. Bernlef (1937), J. Slauerhoff (1898), Gerrit Achterberg (1905), Guus Kuijer (1942), and Meindert DeJong (1906). After him are Renate Dorrestein (1954), Michel Faber (1960), Jan van Steenbergen (1970), Arnon Grunberg (1971), Rutger Bregman (1988), and Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (1991).

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