Frank Martinus Arion (born Frank Efraim Martinus; 17 December 1936 – 28 September 2015) was a

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an poet,

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, and language advocate. He moved to the Netherlands in 1955 and in 1981 returned to

, where he became head of the Curaçao Language Institute that promotes the use of the

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language."Frank Martinus Arion"
Dutch Foundation for Literature. His works include ''The Last Freedom (De laatste vrijheid)'' and ''Double Play'' (''Dubbelspel)''. The latter novel is considered to be his

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and was published in 1973. He wrote in

and

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Bibliography

* 1957 - ''Stemmen uit Afrika'' (gedichten) * 1972 - ''Bibliografie van het Papiamentu'' * 1973 - '' Dubbelspel - awarded the Van der Hoogt Prize nglish translation: Double Play, translated from Dutch by Paul Vincent; London' * 1974 - ''Sisyphiliaans alpinisme tegen miten'' * 1975 - '' Afscheid van de koningin'' * 1977 - ''Albert Helman, de eenzame jager'' * 1979 - '' Nobele wilden'' * 1993 - ''De ibismensmuis'' * 1995 - '' De laatste vrijheid'' * 1996 - ''The Kiss of a Slave'' * 2001 - ''De eeuwige hond'' * 2005 - ''Eén ding is droevig'' * 2006 - '' De deserteurs'' * 2006 - ''Drie romans''

Adaptations

Arion's 1973 Dutch-language novel ''Double Play'' was adapted into the 2017 English-language film ''

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'', directed by

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References

External links

Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature website on Arion
1936 births 2015 deaths Curaçao poets Curaçao novelists Papiamento-language writers Papiamento-speaking people 20th-century poets 20th-century novelists 21st-century poets 21st-century novelists Male poets Male novelists 20th-century Dutch male writers 21st-century Dutch male writers {{Curaçao-bio-stub