De navelstreng van mijn taal - Anton Claasen

DE NAVELSTRENG VAN MIJN TAAL
Poesia bibo di Aruba
Anton Claasen

ANTHOLOGY

De navesltreng van mijn taal is an anthology of the current Aruban poetry that is originally written in the Papiamento language with a Dutch translation in this book. 
it's a typical Caribbean poetry where creole, native and European elements are included in a natural way. 

As the magazine “De Stoep” in Curaçao was the forefront for a rich Curaçao literature, so does Aruban poets fullfill this role in magazines like “Simadan”, “Kambio” en “Watapana”.

AUTHOR
Compiller ANTON CLAASSEN arrange his anthology mainly around these magazines. In the seven chapters he introduces divergent poets like Nicolaas Piiña, Hubert Booi, Ernesto Rosenstand, Federico Oduber, Henry Habibe, Julio Maduro, Nena Bennett and Nydia Ecury.

Introduction: Wim Rutgers.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
Dutch | paperback | 224 pages | Uitgeverij In de Knipscheer | Haarlem | 1992