Marylin Simons

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Marylin Simons
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Born (1959-10-16) 16 October 1959 (age 61)
Paramaribo, Surinam
NationalitySuriname
OccupationWriter, 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  [nl],[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  [nl] 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[]

  1. ^ "Marylin Simons". Suriname View (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Marilyn Simons". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Marylin Simons". OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis (in Dutch). 2003. p. 117. Retrieved 12 March 2021. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Avonturen met jeugdboeken". Werkgroup Caraibische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Marylin Simons". Writers Unlimited. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Michiel van Kempen (2011). "'Het literair canon'". Vooys (in Dutch). p. 85. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  7. ^ "Carrousel". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Dieren in de Surinaamse kinderliteratuur: info voor jeugdbegeleiders". Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 March 2021.

External links[]

  • Carrousel Available for free download at the Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)
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