Arlette Codfried

was brought up in Surinam but lived abroad for many years, before returning to Surinam. Arlette has been trained in theatre, dance, song and the visual arts and at this moment is active as a writer and performer. Since her youth she has written poems and short stories. Works of hers have appeared in Overpeinzingen, gedichten en verhalen (Reflections, poems and stories) (2003), Considerations, poems and stories from Surinam (2003) and Honderd Dichters 7 (One hundred poets 7) (2003). In 2004 her first children's book was published, Opa en Oma (Grandfather and Grandmother). She is a member of the board of the Surinam Writers group '77.