| 释义 |
- Biography
- Death and legacy
- Notes
- References Citations Bibliography
{{Infobox person
| name = Lolita Euson
| image = Lolita_Euson.jpg
| alt =
| caption = 1988
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|10|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sint Eustatius
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|08|13|1914|10|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Aruba
| nationality = Dutch
| other_names = Lolita E. Euson, Lolita Esmeralda Euson
| occupation = writer, poet
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
}}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 Eustatisus and San Nicolaas, Aruba, bear her name. In 1996, she was memorialized by an Arubian stamp, which depicts her likeness. BiographyLolita Esmeralda was born on the Dutch Antillean island of Sint Eustatius on 27 October 1914.{{sfn|Bon Dia|2015|p=A20}}{{sfn|Arnold|Rodríguez-Luis|Dash|2001|p=458}}{{#tag:ref|Bon Dia and other newspapers misprinted the year of her birth as 1941.{{sfn|Bon Dia|2015|p=A20}} The stamp issued bearing her likeness shows 1914,{{sfn|Delcampe|2010}} and is more in line with Rutgers's statement that she relocated from Sint Eustatius to Aruba in 1936.{{sfn|Rutgers|2016}}|group="Notes"}} In 1936, she left Sint Eustatius and relocated to Aruba,{{sfn|Rutgers|2016|p=95}} where she won acclaim for her weekly columns in the periodical The Local.{{sfn|Arnold|Rodríguez-Luis|Dash|2001|p=458}} 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{{sfn|Bon Dia|2015|p=A20}}{{sfn|Arnold|Rodríguez-Luis|Dash|2001|p=458}} and was celebrated in a ceremony in San Nicolaas by local dignitaries.{{sfn|Amigoe Aruba|1988|p=4}} The collection contained poems written in praise of various occasions, including national and religious themes,{{sfn|Rutgers|2016|p=95}} and touched on the death of President John F. Kennedy as well as themes concerning the Dutch royal family.{{sfn|Rutgers|1990|p=5}} Euson was nivested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.{{sfn|Bon Dia|2015|p=A20}} Death and legacyEuson died on 13 August 1994 in Aruba.{{sfn|Bon Dia|2015|p=A20}} In 1995, her name was placed on a street in San Nicolas, Aruba.{{sfn|Bon Dia|2015|p=A20}} There is also a street which bears her name in Sint Eustatius.{{sfn|Cartogiraffe|2017}} In 1996, a postage stamp bearing her likeness was issued in Aruba.{{sfn|Bon Dia|2015|p=A20}} 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){{sfn|Hagenaars|2011}} and the 2014 volume, Moonlight on the Waves included previously unpublished poems by the author.{{sfn|Bon Dia|2015|p=A20}}{{sfn|Rutgers|2016|p=95}} Similar to her previous volume, the poems tend to focus on religious and holiday themes.{{sfn|Rutgers|2016|p=95}} She was the mother of the Caribbean singer Julio Euson.{{sfn|Rutgers|1990|p=5}} Notes References Citations{{Reflist|30em}}Bibliography{{refbegin|30em}}- {{cite book|ref=harv|last1=Arnold|first1=Albert James|last2=Rodríguez-Luis|first2=Julio|last3=Dash|first3=J. Michael|title=A History of Literature in the Caribbean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7uH_4yAahYkC&pg=PA458|volume=vol 2: English- and Dutch-speaking regions|year=2001|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing|location=Amsterdam, The Netherlands|isbn=90-272-3448-5}}
- {{cite web|ref=harv|last1=Hagenaars|first1=Albert|title=Gedichten over eilanden (V)|url=http://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/gedichten-over-eilanden-v/|website=Caraïbisch Uitzicht|date=24 January 2011|accessdate=11 November 2017|publisher=De Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren, Dutch Literature Society|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114232923/http://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/gedichten-over-eilanden-v/|archivedate=14 November 2016|location=Leiden, The Netherlands|language=Dutch|trans-title=Poems about islands (V)}}
- {{cite book|ref=harv|last1=Rutgers|first1=Wim|title=Balans. Arubaans letterkundig leven. De periode van autonomie en status aparte 1954–2015|url=http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/rutg014bala01_01/rutg014bala01_01.pdf|date=2016|accessdate=11 November 2017|publisher=Editorial Charuba|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111181701/http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/rutg014bala01_01/rutg014bala01_01.pdf|archivedate=11 November 2017|location=Aruba|language=Dutch|trans-title=Balance: Aruban literary life—The period of autonomy and separate status 1954–2015}}
- {{cite news|ref=harv|last1=Rutgers|first1=Wim|title="Gevoel van Arubaans nationalisme": Literair werk op Aruba hoofdzakelijk gedichten|url=http://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010642402:mpeg21:p019|accessdate=11 November 2017|publisher=Amigoe Aruba|date=12 May 1990|location=Oranjestad, Aruba|page=5|language=Dutch|trans-title="Feeling of Aruban nationalism": Literary work, mainly poems, in Aruba}}
- {{cite news|ref={{harvid|Delcampe|2010}}|author=|title=Schrijvers: Aruba 1996 Mi 183 Sc 140 Lolita Esmeralda Euson (1914–1994) poet|url=https://www.delcampe.nl/nl/verzamelingen/postzegels/beroemde-personen/schrijvers/aruba-1996-mi-183-sc-140-lolita-esmeralda-euson-1914-1994-poet-lyrikerin-dichter-91896630.html|accessdate=11 November 2017|website=Delcampe|publisher=Delcampe Luxembourg SA|date=21 May 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111161159/https://www.delcampe.nl/nl/verzamelingen/postzegels/beroemde-personen/schrijvers/aruba-1996-mi-183-sc-140-lolita-esmeralda-euson-1914-1994-poet-lyrikerin-dichter-91896630.html|archivedate=11 November 2017|location=Steinfort, Luxembourg|language=Dutch|trans-title=Writers: Aruba 1996 Mi 183 Sc 140 Lolita Esmeralda Euson (1914–1994) poet}}
- {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Cartogiraffe|2017}}|author=|title=Bekijk Lolita Euson Road, Sint Eustatius|url=http://www.cartogiraffe.com/nederland/nederland/caribisch+nederland/sint+eustatius/lolita+euson+road/|website=Cartogiraffe|accessdate=11 November 2017|date=2017|trans-title=View Lolita Euson Road, St. Eustatius}}
- {{cite news|ref={{harvid|Bon Dia|2015}}|author=|title=Otro Publicacion di Poeta Lolita Euson|url=https://issuu.com/bondia.noticia/docs/bda29jan2015|accessdate=11 November 2017|publisher=Bon Dia|date=29 January 2015|location=Oranjestad, Aruba|page=A20|language=Dutch|trans-title=Another publication of the poetess Lolita Euson}}
- {{cite news|ref={{harvid|Amigoe Aruba|1988}}|author=|title=San Nicolas |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010642717:mpeg21:p004|accessdate=11 November 2017|publisher=Amigoe Aruba|date=25 August 1988|location=Oranjestad, Aruba|page=5|language=Dutch}}
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