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Gerbrand Bakker was born on 28 April, 1962 in Wieringerwaard, Netherlands, is a Dutch writer. Discover Gerbrand Bakker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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Occupation Gardener
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 28 April, 1962
Birthday 28 April
Birthplace Wieringerwaard, Netherlands
Nationality Netherlands

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1962

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.

1994

Opting not to give a speech he instead played a tape recording of "Waar is de zon?", the Dutch entry in Eurovision Song Contest 1994 (which also occurred in Dublin).

Bakker credited David Colmer with helping "me realise it really is a book, and I am a writer".

Colmer translated the book from its original Dutch into the English language and received €25,000 of the prize money for his efforts.

Bakker said he planned to buy a Dutch grey horse with his money as "I just love these big beasts".

2002

In 2002 Bakker was hiking through mountains whilst on holiday in Corsica when he first thought up The Twin.

He thought about a son who might "do something terrible to his father" but was left "frustrated" when the idea failed to progress any further until one day he began to write at random.

2006

Bakker is a gardener by trade, having acquired his gardening license in 2006.

He says writing and gardening are compatible.

Bakker works as a skating instructor in winter.

He has previously worked as a subtitler for Dutch TV, particularly on the U.S. soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

Bakker has said: "They blabber and blabber, but you only have seven seconds for a subtitle on screen. That's what The Bold and the Beautiful taught me. I learned to leave things out."

Among his favourite books are The Sea, the Sea, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, Winnie-the-Pooh and The Wind in the Willows.

He dislikes flying.

Available in English translation by Bakker are Boven is het stil and De omweg.

Among Bakker's other works are a children's dictionary and Pear Trees Bloom White, a young adult novel.

Boven is het stil was published in 2006 and its English translation, titled The Twin, followed in 2008.

The novel's Dutch title could be translated as "Upstairs, everything is quiet."

Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Eindhoven libraries all nominated The Twin for the International Dublin Literary Award.

2009

June is Bakker's second adult novel, published in Dutch in 2009.

2010

Bakker received it in Dublin on 17 June 2010.

He was the first Dutch writer to win the prize, the world's most lucrative individual literary award, with a €100,000 prize.

The Twin defeated 155 titles from more than 40 countries.

The judges said his writing was "wonderful: restrained and clear" and that Bakker "excels at dialogue".

The Twin has also received praise from J. M. Coetzee.

Bakker spoke of the need "to lie down for a while" when he was announced as the winner and said "It's wonderful".

De omweg, Bakker's third adult novel was published in October 2010 and later translated into English as The Detour, again by David Colmer.

It is a study in self-searching, self-assertion and the nature of pain, narrated by a middle-aged Dutchwoman who has fled her husband to live in the solitude of rural Wales.

2013

It won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (2013).

According to Bakker, The Detour came from a "hugely depressed" time in his life.

"I write instinctively. Something wants to come out. Only now do I see that this book is terribly much about myself. I write from the back of my mind. I don't see what I'm doing."

2015

It was translated by David Colmer and published in English in 2015.