Henri Frans de Ziel

Henri Frans de Ziel (born January 15, 1916 in Paramaribo ; † February 3, 1975 in Haarlem ), also known under the pseudonym Trefossa , was a Surinamese poet who wrote mainly in Sranantongo .

Live and act

De Ziel first attended the Comeniusschool , a primary school of the Moravian Brethren in Paramaribo . Then he switched to the Graaf von Zinzendorfschool , a secondary school. This Muloschool , middle school, was the highest form of school in Suriname at that time. At the end of August 1934 he completed his school education with a multi-diploma.

After school, a short course followed with the conclusion as a substitute teacher and in October 1936 he received the certificate of proficiency as a teacher. After that he worked, with interruptions, until 1953 as a teacher at various schools in Suriname.

In 1953 he traveled to the Netherlands for further training and study. Three years later he returned to Suriname with further teaching degrees and as a librarian .

In 1957 his cycle of poems Troki (salutation) was published in Sranantongo with poems that Trefossa had written between 1946 and 1956.

A year later he wrote the text Opo Kondreman , the second stanza of the national anthem of Suriname, on behalf of the Surinamese government .

All poems by Henri Frans de Ziel, alias Trefossa, were published in Paramaribo in 1977 under the title Ala poewema foe Trefossa .

Honors

In 2005 a grave monument in his honor was placed in the cemetery at Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat in Paramaribo.

Another honor took place in January 2012 when a portrait bust of Henri Frans de Ziel made by the Surinamese artist Erwin de Vries was unveiled on the east side of the presidential palace .

Trefossa Monument

literature

Michiel van Kempen: A divorced van de Surinaamse literatuur. De Geus, Breda 2003 (2 volumes), ISBN 90-445-0277-8 .

Web links

Wall poem : mi a no mi (I'm not me), Trefossa biography , Dutch, accessed October 14, 2014.

Individual evidence

^ [1] Stichting Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL), article by Ronny Klimsop about the life of Trefossa, Dutch, accessed on October 14, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Aim, Henri Frans de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Trefossa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Surinamese writer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paramaribo
DATE OF DEATH	3rd February 1975
Place of death	Haarlem , the Netherlands

[1] [1] Stichting Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL), article by Ronny Klimsop about the life of Trefossa, Dutch, accessed on October 14, 2014.