Astrid H. Roemer
Astrid Heligonda Roemer (Paramaribo, 27 april 1947) is een Surinaams schrijfster, die in 1966 naar Nederland vertrok, maar terugkeerde naar haar geboorteland om daar te werken als onderwijzeres. In 1975 vestigde zij zich opnieuw in Nederland. Van 2006 tot 2009 woonde zij opnieuw in haar geboorteland.
Zij debuteerde in 1970 onder het pseudoniem Zamani met de poëziebundel Sasa Mijn actuele zijn. De in 1974 verschenen roman Neem mij terug Suriname werd in Suriname uitermate populair. Hij geeft een klassieke emigrantenthematiek: de ontheemding van een Surinamer in Nederland en zijn terugverlangen. Artistiek is het boek niet geslaagd, reden waarom Roemer het herschreef tot Nergens ergens (1983). De novelle Waarom zou je huilen, mijn lieve, lieve.
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Nel 2008 pubblica il romanzo d'esordio Ginnastica e Rivoluzione (Bompiani), cui segue La cospirazione delle colombe (Bompiani 2011).
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Escritor venezolano.
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Her controversial first novel Shankini made for an explosive debut. Since then she has published nine novels and over fifty short stories. Also a newspaper columnist and a film critic, Sangeeta lives and writes in Kolkata.
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