Anil Ramdas
Anil Ramdas | |
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| Born | 16 February 1958 Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Died | 16 February 2012 (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]
Works
[edit]Fiction
[edit]Anil Ramdas published his autobiographical novel Badal in February 2011. In the article "A Matter of Identity: Anil Ramdas and His Autobiographical Novel Badal", Kees Snoek writes :
The novel Badal explores the evolution of the main character against the background of the confrontation between western and non-western civilisation. One of the examples Badal uses to make his point is Christopher Columbus: when during his journey into the unknown the supplies aboard his ship diminish, he has to make a decision: to turn back or to continue with his exploration. He decides to go on. It is the point of no return.[7]
Death
[edit]Ramdas committed suicide on 16 February 2012.[8] Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte expressed his regret about Ramdas' death in his weekly press conference.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "I Imagined the World Differently". Letterenfonds/. Dutch Foundation for Literature. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ Codfried, Egmond. "Badal, or the Suicide of a Reformed Housenigger". Werkgroepcaraibischeletteren. Caraïbische letteren. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Torch Global South Visiting Fellow". The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. University of Oxford. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Anil Ramdas: Hope and Despair in Dutch Postcolonial Literature". The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. University of Oxford. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ Literaire prijzen E. du Perron-prijs 1997 – Letterkundig Museum (in Dutch)
- ^ Snoek, Kees (2 January 2018). "A matter of identity: Anil Ramdas and his autobiographical novel Badal (2011)". Dutch Crossing. 42 (1): 13. doi:10.1080/03096564.2018.1419631. S2CID 148989034. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ Journalist en schrijver Anil Ramdas (54) overleden – NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch)
- ^ NOS website vrijdag 17 februari 2012, 15:49. Retrieved 2 July 2013
- ^ "Journalist and TV presenter Anil Ramdas dies". Expatica. Expatica Communications B.V. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- Breaking the ‘otherness’ fixation, an indepth analysis of the context "migration and identity" Anil Ramdas wrote and spoke extensively on.
- Anil Ramdas, a media resource base that lists some works of Anil Ramdas.
Media related to Anil Ramdas at Wikimedia Commons
- Godhra and After: The Role of Media India First Foundation – 6 April 2002
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- 1958 births
- 2012 deaths
- Dutch radio journalists
- Dutch television journalists
- Dutch columnists
- Dutch essayists
- Dutch non-fiction writers
- Dutch television presenters
- Dutch television producers
- Dutch radio presenters
- Dutch people of Indian descent
- Dutch Hindus
- People from Paramaribo
- Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands
- Suicides in the Netherlands
- 2012 suicides
- Surinamese Hindus