Gerard Jacobs (born 1953) is a Dutch writer and journalist. For many years he worked as a correspondent for
De Volkskrant
''De Volkskrant'' (; ), stylized as de Volkskrant, is a Dutch daily morning newspaper. Founded in 1919, it has a nationwide circulation of about 250,000.
Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium- ...
and for radio and TV in the Middle East, Africa, and other places. Between 1986 and 2005 he travelled as a reporter across Siberia and witnessed the
collapse of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Declaration No. 142-Н of ...
. He has published five travelogue books.
Two of the books were made into documentaries.
The documentary ' (1994), based on the book ''Goudkoorts'' received a Special Mention at the 1995
Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels
The International Festival of Audiovisual Programmes or International Documentary Festival – FIPADOC ( (FIPA)), founded in 1987 by Michel Mitrani (1930-1996), was first held in Cannes in October 1987., In 2019, the FIPA became FIPADOC,,, an int ...
.
The documentary ''Stalin had een brug beloofd'' (Stalin Promised a Bridge) won the Grand Prize (
Golden Calf
According to the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran, the golden calf () was a cult image made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai (bible), Mount Sinai. In Hebrew, the incident is known as "the sin of the calf" (). It is first mentio ...
) at the 10th
Netherlands Film Festival (1996) in the category "Best Short Documentary.
Books
*1992: Reis Naar De Rand Van De Wereld (Journey To The Edge Of The World), Contact publishing house, ISBN 9025400612 .
*1993: Goudkoorts / Siberische verhalen (Gold Rush / Siberian Stories), Contact, ISBN 9025403573 .
*1996: Aan de andere kant van de heuvel (On the Other Side of the Hill), Contact, ISBN 9025407102 .
*2002: De sterksten zullen overleven:: reizen door Indonesië in het voetspoor van Joseph Conrad en Alfred Wallace (The Strong Will Survive: traveling through Indonesia in the footsteps of Joseph Conrad and Alfred Wallace), Contact, ISBN 9025406564
*2003: De goden hebben honger (The Gods are Hungry), Contact, ISBN 9025419356 .
** It includes stories from the first two travelogues about Siberia and some new travels, as well as a DVD with ''Stalin had een brug beloofd''.
De goden hebben honger
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1953 births
Living people
Dutch writers
Dutch journalists
Dutch film directors
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