Geert Mak

Geert Ludzer Mak was born in 4 December 1946 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland is a Dutch journalist and historian. In the 1980s he worked as parliamentary assistant for the Pacifist Socialist Party.

He used the village Jorwert in Friesland as the hook for his book Jorwerd: The Death of the Village in late 20th Century Europe. Mak describes the changes that have affected the village over the last century, and writes about the people and their experiences.

The Bridge (Harvill Secker, 2008) describes the cultural effect of the Galata Bridge in Instanbul and the people who use it.

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