Geert Mak

Geert Mak (1946) is one of the Netherlands’ most popular writers. His books have been translated into 22 languages; well-known English titles include Amsterdam, My Father’s Century, In Europe, In America: Travels with Steinbeck, and The Many Lives of Jan Six. He has won wide critical acclaim in the interna­tional press and numerous awards, including the Leipziger Buchpreis and the Prins Bernhard Prize. A television series based on Great Expectations aired on Dutch television, radio and online in the autumn of 2019.