Biography
Herman Koch was born in Arnhem in 1953 and grew up in Amsterdam, where his family moved when he was two years old. He first became known in the Netherlands as a satirist: in the 1980s he contributed to the radio programme “Borát”, and together with Kees Prins and Michiel Romeyn he created the absurdist television series “Jiskefet” (1990–2005), in which he also performed. As a writer he made his debut in 1985 with the short-story collection “De voorbijganger”, followed in 1989 by his first novel “Red ons, Maria Montanelli”; he also wrote columns, among others for de Volkskrant. His international breakthrough came with the novel “Het diner” (2009, English “The Dinner”, German “Angerichtet”), which won the NS Publieksprijs in 2009, reached bestseller lists in Germany and the United States and was adapted for stage and screen, including the 2017 film “The Dinner” starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney. His other novels include “Zomerhuis met zwembad” (2011, “Summer House with Swimming Pool”), “Geachte heer M.” (2014, “Dear Mr. M.”) and “De greppel” (2016, “The Ditch”).
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