Lolita Euson

Lolita Euson
1988
Born(1914-10-27)27 October 1914
Sint Eustatius
Died13 August 1994(1994-08-13) (aged 79)
Aruba
NationalityDutch
Other namesLolita E. Euson, Lolita Esmeralda Euson
Occupation(s)writer, poet

Lolita Euson (27 October 1914 – 13 August 1994) was a Dutch Antillean writer and poet. She was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau, and streets in both Sint Eustatius and San Nicolaas, Aruba, bear her name. In 1996, she was memorialized by an Arubian stamp, which depicts her likeness.

Biography

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Lolita Esmeralda was born on the Dutch Antillean island of Sint Eustatius on 27 October 1914.[1][2][Notes 1] In 1936, she left Sint Eustatius and relocated to Aruba,[5] where she won acclaim for her weekly columns in the periodical The Local.[2] Euson published her first collection of poetry Sweet Praises in 1988, which won a Golden Poet Award from the World of Poetry in Sacramento, California[1][2] and was celebrated in a ceremony in San Nicolaas by local dignitaries.[6] The collection contained poems written in praise of various occasions, including national and religious themes,[5] and touched on the death of President John F. Kennedy as well as themes concerning the Dutch royal family.[7] Euson was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[1]

Death and legacy

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Euson died on 13 August 1994 in Aruba.[1] In 1995, her name was placed on a street in San Nicolas, Aruba.[1] There is also a street which bears her name in Sint Eustatius.[8] In 1996, a postage stamp bearing her likeness was issued in Aruba.[1] Posthumously, poems written by Euson have been included in Klaas de Groot's 2010 anthology of Caribbean writers, Vaar naar de vuurtoren (Sail to the Lighthouse)[9] and the 2014 volume, Moonlight on the Waves included previously unpublished poems by the author.[1][5] Similar to her previous volume, the poems tend to focus on religious and holiday themes.[5] She was the mother of the Caribbean singer Julio Euson.[7]

Notes

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  1. ^ Bon Dia and other newspapers misprinted the year of her birth as 1941.[1] The stamp issued bearing her likeness shows 1914,[3] and is more in line with Rutgers's statement that she relocated from Sint Eustatius to Aruba in 1936.[4]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Bon Dia 2015, p. A20.
  2. ^ a b c Arnold, Rodríguez-Luis & Dash 2001, p. 458.
  3. ^ Delcampe 2010.
  4. ^ Rutgers 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d Rutgers 2016, p. 95.
  6. ^ Amigoe Aruba 1988, p. 4.
  7. ^ a b Rutgers 1990, p. 5.
  8. ^ Cartogiraffe 2017.
  9. ^ Hagenaars 2011.

Bibliography

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  • Arnold, Albert James; Rodríguez-Luis, Julio; Dash, J. Michael (2001). A History of Literature in the Caribbean. Vol. 2: English- and Dutch-speaking regions. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 90-272-3448-5.
  • Hagenaars, Albert (24 January 2011). "Gedichten over eilanden (V)" [Poems about islands (V)]. Caraïbisch Uitzicht (in Dutch). Leiden, The Netherlands: De Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren, Dutch Literature Society. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  • Rutgers, Wim (2016). Balans. Arubaans letterkundig leven. De periode van autonomie en status aparte 1954–2015 [Balance: Aruban literary life—The period of autonomy and separate status 1954–2015] (PDF) (in Dutch). Aruba: Editorial Charuba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  • Rutgers, Wim (12 May 1990). ""Gevoel van Arubaans nationalisme": Literair werk op Aruba hoofdzakelijk gedichten" ["Feeling of Aruban nationalism": Literary work, mainly poems, in Aruba] (in Dutch). Oranjestad, Aruba: Amigoe Aruba. p. 5. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  • "Schrijvers: Aruba 1996 Mi 183 Sc 140 ** Lolita Esmeralda Euson (1914–1994) poet" [Writers: Aruba 1996 Mi 183 Sc 140 ** Lolita Esmeralda Euson (1914–1994) poet]. Delcampe (in Dutch). Steinfort, Luxembourg: Delcampe Luxembourg SA. 21 May 2010. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  • "Bekijk Lolita Euson Road, Sint Eustatius" [View Lolita Euson Road, St. Eustatius]. Cartogiraffe. 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  • "Otro Publicacion di Poeta Lolita Euson" [Another publication of the poet Lolita Euson]. Bon Dia (in Dutch). Oranjestad, Aruba. 29 January 2015. p. A20. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  • "San Nicolas" (in Dutch). Oranjestad, Aruba: Amigoe Aruba. 25 August 1988. p. 5. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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