Frank Williams

(Aruba, 1941) studied with the frères at the Dominicus College after which he went to a teacher training college in Dongen, The Netherlands. He worked in primary education, studied English and became a teacher of English. He was politically active for a number of years, among other things as a member of the Island Council. From 1987 until his retirement he worked as an education inspector. Frank Williams is a sworn translator Papiamento, English and Dutch. He has written for the stage, published short stories in Regalo di Fantasia (1989) and Alma Transparente (1994), the history of Dakota (1992), the anthology of poems Anto­logía di Cariño (1993) and the short novel E Yamada (1997). In 2000 he published Isla di mi/Island of mine, an anthology of Aruban literature with translation. More work is in preparation.