Anil Ramdas (

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, 16 February 1958 –

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, 16 February 2012) was a Dutch-

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se columnist,

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, essayist, journalist, and TV and radio host. He was generally considered the V.S.Naipaul specialist of The Netherlands. His work has been extensively studied by the author Karin Amatmoekrim. In 1997 he was awarded the E. du Perron prize for all of his works.

Works

Fiction

Anil Ramdas published his autobiographical novel ''Badal'' in February 2011. In the article "A Matter of Identity: Anil Ramdas and His Autobiographical Novel Badal", Kees Snoek writes :

Death

Ramdas committed suicide on 16 February 2012. Dutch Prime Minister

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expressed his regret about Ramdas' death in his weekly press conference.

References

External links

Breaking the ‘otherness’ fixation
an indepth analysis of the context "migration and identity" Anil Ramdas wrote and spoke extensively on.
Anil Ramdas
a media resource base that lists some works of Anil Ramdas.

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