Geert Mak

Geert Ludzer Mak (Vlaardingen 4 december 1946) is a Dutch journalist and historian.

He used the village Jorwert in Friesland as the hook for his book Jorwerd: The Death of the Village in late 20th Century Europe (ISBN 1860468039) – though the Dutch title Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd translates as 'How God disappeared from Jorwerd'. Mak describes the changes that have affected the village over the last century, and writes eloquently about the people and their experiences.