Frederick Hendrik (Henry) Habibe (
Aruba, 6 May 1940) is an
Aruban poet, literary critic and literary man.
He published his
poetry
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mainly in the period following the creation of his magazine ''Watapana'' (1968–1972). He writes most of his poems in the
Papiamento language, occasionally in
Spanish
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and
Dutch
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.
In 1985 he received his PhD at the
University of Leiden
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on the study ''El compromiso en la poesía afro-antillana de Cuba y Puerto Rico'', that treated
Nicolás Guillén
Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (10 July 1902 – 17 July 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba. and other poets as its main subject. He also published studies on the work of
Pierre Lauffer,
JS Corsen and
Luis Daal. He wrote reviews for the Antillian newspapers: ''Amigoe di Curacao'' and ''Beurs- en Nieuwsberichten'' (1986–1997). Henry Habib is a member of the advisory board of the
Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren (Caribbean Study group of Arts) of the
Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde (Society of Dutch Literature) in
Leiden
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.
Publications
* ''Aurora'' (1968), poetry
* ''Keresentenchi'' (1980), poetry
* ''El compromiso en la poesía afro-antillana de Cuba y Puerto Rico'' (1985), thesis
* ''Yiu di tera'' (1985), poetry
* ''Un herida bida; Een verkenning van het poëtisch oeuvre van Pierre Lauffer'' (Un herida bida; An exploration of the poetry of Pierre Lauffer) (1994), a study
* ''Bombai!'' (1995), translation from Dutch to Papiamentu of
Els Pelgrom
Els Pelgrom (born 2 April 1934, Arnhem), pseudonym of Else Koch, is a Dutch writer of children's literature.
Biography
Career
For some time she worked on the children's section of the ''Winschoter Courant''. She also worked for a short pe ...
s ''Bombaaj''
* ''De spirituele opgang van een Curaçaose dichter; Een verkenning van het poëtisch oeuvre van Luis Daal'' (1997) (The spiritual ascent of a Curacoan poet; An exploration of the poetry of Luis Daal), a study
* ''Honderd jaar Atardi; Een verkenning van het poëtisch oeuvre van J.S. Corsen'' (2006), (One hundred years Atardi; An exploration of the poetry of J.S. Corsen), a study
* ''Kantika pa bientu/Liederen voor de wind'' (2006), (An anthology translated into Dutch of the work of Pierre Lauffer, along with Igma van Putte-de Windt)
* ''Vulkanisch samenzijn'' (2008), poetry
Sources
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Aruban writers
Living people
Papiamento-language writers
Year of birth missing (living people)