We read these books because we like them.” She notes that Surinamese Dutch writers have not achieved that position.” Although she did not have a deliberate plan to abandon her Surinamese voice, Titus moves away from the ethnically-specific. It’s not like we read Gabriel García Márquez because we have something to do with South America. Amatmoekrim has difficulty understanding the mindset of the media: “I find it a little shortsighted.
Because the novel was deemed “a Surinamese story,” the writer was automatically placed in the category of Surinamese ethnic writers who have little interest to other audiences. Not that Titus has the answers, but it helps to clarify many things and render them less threatening.”Īmatmoekrim has complained about being pigeon-holed in an ethnic corner, especially after the publication of her second novel, Wanneer wij samen zijn. Are we doomed to chaos or do we determine the unfolding of our lives? (Partly because of this questioning and partly due to the simplicityof her literary language, Amatmoekrim has been compared to French existentialist Albert Camus.) These life issues are also the author’s, who says that Titus’ quest is, in part, hers: “These are the questions I ask myself when I look at the world. The novel is about freedom and about what people do with the choices they have in their lives. Set in London, Copenhagen, Barcelona, and New York, Titus is about a man who loses his wife and embarks on a quest to find meaning in his existence. Op 15 november 2009 kreeg zij als eerste de Black Magic Woman Literatuurprijs uitgereikt voor haar roman Titus.Karin Amatmoekrim has recently published her third novel, Titus (2009). Ook publiceerde Amatmoekrim dit jaar korte verhalen in De Groene Amsterdammer en Vrij Nederland, en verving zij columniste Aaf Brandt Corstius drie weken lang met een dagelijkse column in nrc.next. In 2006 volgde Wanneer wij samen zijn, een generatieroman gebaseerd op Amatmoekrims familiegeschiedenis.
In 2004 kwam haar debuut roman Het knipperleven uit, die door de pers enthousiast werd ontvangen. Ze doorliep het Gymnasium Felisenum in Velsen Zuid, daarna de studie Moderne Letterkunde ( UvA) en studeerde af op de scriptie de Etniciteit in de Surinaamse Literatuur. Karin Amatmoekrim ( Paramaribo, 25 december 1976) is een Surinaams-Nederlandse schrijfster.Īmatmoekrim emigreerde in 1981 vanuit Suriname naar Nederland en groeide op in IJmuiden.
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