Echt Herman Koch(2017)
Herman Koch. Netherlands' most translated and best-selling writer Herman Koch is a man with secrets, whom he only seems to want to reveal through the filter of a masquerade.
A portrait about the Dutch writer Herman Koch. Koch started his career with the popular TV-show 'Jiskefet' and went on to become the best selling and most translated writer from the Netherlands
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A portrait about the Dutch writer Herman Koch. Koch started his career with the popular TV-show 'Jiskefet' and went on to become the best selling and most translated writer from the Netherlands
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2017-09-28
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Herman Koch. Netherlands' most translated and best-selling writer Herman Koch is a man with secrets, whom he only seems to want to reveal through the filter of a masquerade.
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