Surinamese literature refers to the literature which is considered to belong to both the
oral traditions
Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. Vansina, Jan: ''Oral Tradition as History'' (1985) ...
as well as Surinamese written literature. The
oral literature is still a vital and authentic expression in Surinamese culture. In turn, the influence of the oral culture on the written literature of Suriname is impossible to imagine. At the end of the 18th century the indigenous Surinamese began to write literature. Surinamese Creole literature in particular is "not widely known, nor easily accessible."
See also
*List of Surinamese writers
Images of Surinamese writers
Bernardo Ashetu.jpg, Bernardo Ashetu
BhaiRamlall.jpg, Bhai (writer), Bhai in 1987
Rabin S.Baldewsingh.jpg, Rabin Baldewsingh
Chitra Gajadin.jpg, Chitra Gajadin
Kross.jpg, Rudi Kross
John Leefmans.jpg, John Leefmans
EddyPinasSuriname.jpg, Eddy Pinas, Eddy L. Pinas
Schouten Elsenhout3.jpg, Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout
Marylinsimons.jpg, Marylin Simons
Slory.jpg, Michaël Slory
References
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Surinamese literature,
South American literature
Dutch-language literature