- Lou Lichtveld
Lodewijk 'Lou' Lichtveld (November 7, 1903 - 1996) was a
Surinamese politician,playwright , andpoet who wrote under the pseudonym "Albert Helman" in theNetherlands .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). [ [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kemp009gesc05_01/kemp009gesc05_01_0018.htm DBNL . Michiel van Kempen, Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur. Deel 5 ] ]
In 1931 he published a play based on the third voyage of
Willem Barentsz . [ [http://www.kunstbus.nl/literair/albert+helman.html Play about Willem Barentsz] ]References
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