Anil Ramdas

Anil Ramdas
Born(1958-02-16)16 February 1958
Paramaribo, Suriname
Died16 February 2012(2012-02-16) (aged 54)
Loenen aan de Vecht, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Columnist, correspondent, journalist, television presenter, writer, essayist

Anil Ramdas (Paramaribo, 16 February 1958 – Loenen aan de Vecht, 16 February 2012) was a Dutch-Surinamese columnist, correspondent, essayist, journalist, and TV and radio host.[1][2] He was generally considered the V.S. Naipaul specialist of The Netherlands.[3]

His work has been extensively studied by the author Karin Amatmoekrim.[4][5]

In 1997 he was awarded the E. du Perron prize for all of his works.[6]

  1. ^ "Multicultural Netherlands: Anil Ramdas." Dutch Studies Program, UC Berkeley. Retrieved 1 December 2011. "Anil Ramdas — Multicultural Netherlands". Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  2. ^ "I Imagined the World Differently". Letterenfonds/. Dutch Foundation for Literature. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  3. ^ Codfried, Egmond. "Badal, or the Suicide of a Reformed Housenigger". Werkgroepcaraibischeletteren. Caraïbische letteren. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Torch Global South Visiting Fellow". The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. University of Oxford. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Anil Ramdas: Hope and Despair in Dutch Postcolonial Literature". The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. University of Oxford. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ Literaire prijzen E. du Perron-prijs 1997 – Letterkundig Museum (in Dutch)