Lou Lichtveld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lou Lichtveld

Dutch-Surinamese writer and politician

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1903

Place of Birth: Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Date of Death: 10-Jul-1996

Profession: writer, composer, poet, politician, playwright, translator, organist, resistance fighter, journalist, literary critic, children's writer

Nationality: Suriname, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Lou Lichtveld

  • Lodewijk 'Lou' Lichtveld (November 7, 1903 – July 10, 1996) was a Surinamese politician, playwright, poet and resistance fighter who wrote under the pseudonym "Albert Helman". He gained notability in 1923 when he published the poetry collection De glorende dag (The Dawning Day), a milestone in immigrant literature in the Netherlands.
  • He followed it three years later with Zuid-Zuid-West (South-South-West).In 1931, he published a play based on the third voyage of Willem Barentsz.

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