Lou Lichtveld
Dutch-Surinamese writer and politician (1903ā1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lodewijk 'Lou' Lichtveld (7 November 1903 ā 10 July 1996) was a Surinamese politician, playwright, poet and resistance fighter who wrote under the pseudonym "Albert Helman".
Lou Lichtveld | |
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Born | Lodewijk Alphonsus Maria Lichtveld (1903-11-07)7 November 1903 |
Died | 10 July 1996(1996-07-10) (aged 92) |
Other names | Albert Helman |
Occupation(s) | Playwright, poet, organist, journalist, politician |
Political party | National Party of Suriname |
Children | Noni Lichtveld |
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).[1]
In 1940, before the invasion of the Netherlands, he wrote the book Millioenen-leed ("Millions of Suffering") about the treatment of the Jews in Nazi Germany.[2] During World War II, he was a member of the Grote Raad van de Illegaliteit ("Great Council of Illegality"),.[3] After the war, he became part of the Emergency Parliament. In 1949, he returned to Suriname and became Minister of Education and later Minister of Health.[4]