Founding Fictions of the Dutch Caribbean

Rojer (German studies, American U, Washington D.C.) and Aimone (English, U. of Houston-Downtown) translate from the Creole language Papiamentu Haseth's 1988 novella Katibu di Shon (Slave and Master). Haseth (b. 1950) writes fiction and poetry in both Papiamentu and Dutch and is a statesman for the Netherlands Antilles. The fictitious tale is based on the historical slave Luis Mercier and the plantation owner Willem van Uytrecht, neither of whom in fact survived the 1795 slave revolt depicted. The third main character is totally fictitious. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Carel de Haseth, born in Curacao, is an award-winning author of poetry and fiction, who writes in both Papiamentu and Dutch. De Haseth is also a statesman, who has held important government posts, including as Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles at The Hague, and as advisor to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles from 2006 to 2010.
Olga E. Rojer is Associate Professor of German Studies at American University in Washington, D.C. She is author of Exile in Argentina 1933-1945 (Peter Lang, 1989) and Founding Fictions of the Dutch Caribbean: Cola Debrot’s My Black Sister and Boeli van Leeuwen’s A Stranger on Earth (Peter Lang, 2007).
Joseph O. Aimone is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Houston Downtown. His collaborative translations with Olga E. Rojer of Dutch and Papiamentu literature from the Dutch Caribbean have been published widely. He has also published poetry and literary criticism.