# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-koch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:33:49.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christopher-koch"
name: "Christopher Koch"
slug: "christopher-koch"
description: "Christopher John Koch AO was an Australian novelist, known for his 1978 novel The Year of Living Dangerously, which was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film by the same name for which he co-wrote the screenplay. He twice won the Miles Franklin Award. In 1995, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian literature, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from his alma mater, the University of Tasmania, in 1990."
tagline: "Australian novelist (1932–2013)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Christopher_Koch_1979.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-07-16"
deathDate: "2013-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.557201333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462272/"
    handle:    "nm0462272"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Koch"
    title: "Christopher Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83_(%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A)"
    title: "كريستوفر كوك (روائي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "كريستوفر كوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_John_Koch"
    title: "Christopher John Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Koch"
    title: "Christopher Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Koch"
    title: "Christopher Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Koch"
    title: "Christopher Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Koch"
    title: "Christopher Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Koch"
    title: "Christopher Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1086776"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1108556"
    title: "Christopher Koch"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump