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]
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) |
Biography
editMarilyn 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
edit- ^ "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
edit- Carrousel Available for free download at the Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)