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Shrinivási
Shrinivási (12 December 1926 – 26 January 2019)[2] was a Surinamese poet, whose civil name is Martinus Haridat Lutchman. He 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] 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
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