Karin Amatmoekrim

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Karin Amatmoekrim
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Amatmoekrim (2017)
Born (1976-12-25) 25 December 1976 (age 47)
Paramaribo, Suriname
OccupationWriter
Language Dutch
Alma mater University of Amsterdam
Years active2004–present
Notable awards Black Magic Woman Literature Prize (2009)
Website
www.amatmoekrim.com

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Karin Amatmoekrim (born 25 December 1976) is a Surinamese writer. She has written five novels and won the 2009 Black Magic Woman Literature Prize for Titus and was awarded the 2024 Dutch biography prize for In wat voor een land leef ik eigenlijk?, a biography on Anil Ramdas.

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Biography

Karin Amatmoekrim was born on 25 December 1976 in Paramaribo, Suriname. In 1981, she emigrated from Suriname to the Netherlands and grew up in IJmuiden. She attended the Gymnasium in Velsen, and then studied Modern Literature at the University of Amsterdam, graduating with a thesis on "The ethnicity in Literature in Suriname". [1]

In 2004, she published her first novel, Het knipperleven ("The glare of life"), which was enthusiastically received by the press. In 2006, it was followed by Wanneer wij samen zijn ("When we are together"), a novel based on the story of several generations of the Amatmoekrim family. In 2009 appeared the novel Titus. Amatmoekrim has also published short stories in De Groene Amsterdammer and Vrij Nederland . [2] Her PhD-research in modern literature, studying the work and life of Anil Ramdas and his ideas on identity, multiculturalism, populism and the role of the black intellectual in western societies. The dissertation on Ramdas has been published as a biography. [3] [4]

Karin Amatmoekrim is married to Jesse Smit, the founder of the brand FreshCotton. She has two children, Sumina Smit (15) and Lee Benjamin Smit (10).

Awards

In 2009, she was the first recipient of the Black Magic Woman Literature Prize for her novel Titus. [5] In 2024 she was awarded the 2024 Dutch biography prize for her biography In wat voor een land leef ik eigenlijk? about Anil Ramdas. [6]

Selected works

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References

  1. "Karin Amatmoekrim". Uitgeverij Prometheus.
  2. "Biografie". Karin Amatmoekrim (amatmoekrim.com).
  3. "TORCH Global South Visiting Fellow". THE OXFORD RESEARCH CENTRE IN THE HUMANITIES. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. "Anil Ramdas: Hope and Despair in Dutch Postcolonial Literature". THE OXFORD RESEARCH CENTRE IN THE HUMANITIES. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. Peter le Nobel, "Amatmoekrim wint eerste Black Magic Woman Literatuurprijs" (in Dutch), Nationaleboekenblog, 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. Coen Peppelenbos, "Karin Amatmoekrim wint de nederlandse biografieprijs met biografie over Anil Ramdas" (in Dutch), Tzum, 2024. Retrieved 22 Oktober 2024.