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Shrinivási (12 December 1926 – 26 January 2019)[2] was a Surinamese poet. Martinus Haridat Lutchman was born in Kwatta, Suriname and a teacher by profession.[3] In 1949 he moved to Curaçao[4] where his earliest poetry was published as Fernando in the magazine Caraïbisch Venster.[5] Lutchman decided to change his pseudonym to Shrinivási which means noble resident of Suriname,[1] and published in Tongoni (1958-1959), Soela (1962-1964) en Moetete (1968). His first publication of a collection of poetry was Anjali in 1963.[5] His best known collections are Pratikshā (1968), Om de zon (1972), and Sangam (1992).[6][4]

Shrinivási
Shrinivási (1989)
Born	Martinus Haridat Lutchman 12 December 1926 Vaderszorg, Kwatta, Suriname
Died	26 January 2019(2019-01-26) (aged 92) Willemstad, Curaçao
Nationality	Dutch[1]
Occupation	Poet, teacher

The majority of poems were written in Dutch with the occasional poem in Hindi, but Pratikshá (1968) contains the first poetry ever publiced in Sarnami.[3][5] His poetry is mainly about the fortunes and misfortunes of his native Suriname.[5] Shrinivási tried to reconcile the prevailing opposites in his native country.[7] In 1963, Shrinivási returned to Suriname.[1] Later he became a nomad alternating between Suriname, Curaçao, and the Netherlands.[5] The only known prose written by Shrinivási is Sint Annabaai.[1]

In 1974 he was awarded the Gouvernor Currie Prize.[3] He received the Suriname State Prize for Literature (1989-1991) for Sangam.[6]

References

External links

• Shrinivási at the Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch. Wortoe d'e tan abra and Een weinig van het andere available for free download)
• Shrinivási at the Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren (in Dutch)

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