Gerard Jacobs
Gerard Jacobs (born 1953) is a Dutch writer and journalist. For many years he worked as a correspondent for De Volkskrant 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.
Gerard Jacobs
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- 1953
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- journalist · photographer · reporter
- Languages
- Dutch
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He has published five travelogue books. Two of the books were made into documentaries. The documentary Gold: Forgotten in Siberia (1994), based on the book Goudkoorts received a Special Mention at the 1995 Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels. The documentary Stalin had een brug beloofd (Stalin Promised a Bridge) won the Grand Prize (Golden Calf) at the 10th Netherlands Film Festival (1996) in the category "Best Short Documentary.
• 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.
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- 1.Te gast (26): Gerard Jacobs (Amsterdam) - Van Zuid-Soedan tot ver in Siberië
- 2.Reisverhalen Gerard Jacobs
- 3.IMAKA Nieuwsbrief 35 april 2015
- 4.GOLD - lost in Siberia / GOUD - vergeten in Siberië / ЗОЛОТО/БОЛЬ - потеряно в Сибири
- 5.Goud - Vergeten in Siberië, NFF 1994
- 6.FIPA: Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels : Nice, 17-22 Janvier 1995
- 7.Stalin promised a bridge
- 8.NFF 1996
- 9.Stalin had een brug beloofd
- 10.De sterksten zullen overleven
- 11.De goden hebben honger
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