Otto de Kat

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Otto de Kat


Born
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Genre
Fiction, Historical Fiction


Otto de Kat is de auteur van de kleine roman Man in de verte, die in 1998 verscheen. De roman werd goed ontvangen en er volgde snel een Duitse en een Engelse vertaling. Otto de Kat is het pseudoniem van Jan Geurt Gaarlandt (Rotterdam, 1946). Hij was directeur van Uitgeverij Balans en voorheen literair criticus bij de Volkskrant en Vrij Nederland. Onder zijn eigen naam publiceerde hij eerder al gedichten, die gebundeld werden in Het ironisch handvest (1975).

In het najaar van 2004 verscheen de roman De inscheper die eveneens zeer lovend ontvangen werd en waarvoor hij de Halewijck Literatuurprijs ontving. De Franse en Engelse vertaling ervan verschijnen in 2008. Bericht uit Berlijn is verschenen in 2012. Het boek werd in het Duits vertaald als ...more

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Average rating: 3.45 · 1,309 ratings · 229 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors
Bericht uit Berlijn
3.27 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 2012 — 21 editions
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Julia
3.37 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions
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De langste nacht
3.65 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions
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Autobiografie van een flat
3.83 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions
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De inscheper
3.61 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions
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Het uur van de olifant
3.78 avg rating — 60 ratings — 3 editions
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Freetown
3.30 avg rating — 57 ratings — 8 editions
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Man in de verte
3.53 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions
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De eeuw van Dudok
4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 editions
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Het kind en ik
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