Judith Mok

Judith Mok (1954 in Bergen, North Holland – 26 November 2024 in Dublin, Ireland) was a Dutch soprano, author and poet. She moved to Ireland in her 40s and released novels and other works in English. Her last book is loosely based on family facts, but with a great deal of fiction.

Early life and education Judith Mok was born in 1954 in Bergen, North Holland, the daughter of Moses (later Maurits) Mok and Riemke Timmermans, who was not Jewish. Her father was a writer, poet, and translator, and her mother was a housewife and a translator. Mok has an older half-sister who is Dutch and was a pre-adolescent when her grandparents were arrested during World War II.

As a young child, Mok moved back and forth between Bergen and Southern France. then graduated the following year.

Career Mok's career included singing soprano with the opera, as well as writing. She also published three novels, as well as a memoir, The State of Dark, in which she discussed her family's history related to the Holocaust, including the fact that 163 of her family members were killed. Some of her books were written in English and others in Dutch.

Mok began singing professionally when she was 21 years old. She also provided voice coaching to singers. then moved to Ireland in 2002.

Poetry

Fictional Memoir

Novels