Occupation Writer Role Writer Name Karin Amatmoekrim | Years active 2004–present | |
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Notable awards Black Magic Woman Literature Prize (2009) | ||
Education University of Amsterdam Similar Thea Doelwijt, Cynthia McLeod, Astrid Roemer Zodiac Sign Aquarius | ||
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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.
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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".
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.
In 2009, she was the first recipient of the Black Magic Woman Literature Prize for her novel Titus.