# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herman-koch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:25:26.735Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herman-koch"
name: "Herman Koch"
slug: "herman-koch"
description: "Herman Koch is a Dutch writer and actor. He has written short stories, novels, and columns. His best-selling novel The Dinner (2009) has been translated into 21 languages. He has acted for radio, television, and film. He co-created the long-running TV series Jiskefet (1990–2005)."
tagline: "Dutch writer and actor (born 1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herman_Koch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1953-09-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.29
  momentum:             2.557920636212451
  historical:           12.87754933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462319/"
    handle:    "nm0462319"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.hermankoch.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Herman Koch"
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    title: "هيرمان كوخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيرمان كوش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Херман Кох"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Koch"
    title: "Herman Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Koch"
    title: "Herman Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Koch"
    title: "Herman Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Koch"
    title: "Herman Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9A"
    title: "הרמן קוך"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Koch"
    title: "Herman Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Koch"
    title: "Herman Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Koch"
    title: "Herman Koch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Koch"
    title: "Herman Koch"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f97f517e-e8f7-4dce-938c-01acbb4c45cb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466167"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/233783"
    title: "Herman Koch"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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