Marylin Simons | |
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| Born | 16 October 1959 |
| Nationality | Suriname |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, columnist |
| Notable work | In naam van God en Obia (2002) Carrousel (2003) |
Marylin Simons (16 October 1959 [1]) is a Surinamese writer and columnist. She is best known for In naam van God en Obia (2002) for which she was awarded the Kwaku Literature Prize, [2] and her youth book Carrousel (2003). [3] [4]
Biography
Marilyn Simons was born on 16 October 1959 in Paramaribo. She went to the Netherlands to study higher vocational education. [5] After graduating, she returned to Suriname in 1982. [2]
Simons started to work as a columnist for the magazine De Tweede Ronde, and the newspaper De Ware Tijd. [2] Simons made her literary debut in 2001, at De Tweede Ronde, and won the story writing contest for the 700th edition of De Ware Tijd Literair. [6]
In 2002, Simons wrote In naam van God en Obia (In name of God and Obia), a family drama, for which she was awarded the Kwaku Literature Prize a former stimulus prize for Surinamese authors. [2] In 2003, [7] she wrote Carrousel which was originally published by Okopipi in Paramaribo, but has become better known as Koorddansers (2006), an extended republication by the Dutch publisher De Geus. [6] The book is intended for both adults and youths. [4] In 2004, Simons released Anansi Dala, a picture book about the spider Anansi. [8]
A notable feature of her stories, is the tendency to break taboos, and that the characters tend to show the diversity in Surinamese Dutch which alternates from Sranan Tongo to " Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands", the old term for posh civilized Dutch. [3]
References
- ^ "Marylin Simons". Suriname View (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Marilyn Simons". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Marylin Simons". OSO. OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis (in Dutch). 2003. p. 117. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Avonturen met jeugdboeken". Werkgroup Caraibische Letteren (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Marylin Simons". Writers Unlimited. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ a b Michiel van Kempen (2011). "'Het literair canon'". Vooys (in Dutch). No. 29. p. 85. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Carrousel". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Dieren in de Surinaamse kinderliteratuur: info voor jeugdbegeleiders". Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
External links
- Carrousel Available for free download at the Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)
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