In this excerpt from the memoir Jaguarman, Dutch writer Raoul de Jong explores the colonization of Suriname, the immigrant experience in the Netherlands, racism, and the absence of writers like Astrid Roemer from school curricula in favor of James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and other American writers.
A post by Peter Jordens. As previously reported, Astrid H. Roemer has won the 2016 P.C. Hooft Prize which is considered the most important literary award in the Netherlands and Belgium. Christina Matola reports on Manuscripta.nl that Roemer recently received the Prize at a ceremony in the Literary Museum in The Hague. The prestigious award…