Frits Wols

(pseudonym: Eugène Wilfried Wong-Loi-Sing, 1938). The work of Frits Wols encompasses poems, novella's, juvenile stories, short stories and novels. Nature is an important source of inspiration for this writer, who was born in the small village of Groningen in the district of Saramacca, Surinam. His first years as a teacher, spent in the rural interiour of Surinam, resulted in the beautiful novella entitled Het Groene Labyrint (The green labyrinth). Frits Wols spent many years in the Netherlands, where he studied English. Many of his poems are concerned with the clash of different cultures. This is also the theme for the novel Verbroken Cirkel (Broken Circle). As chairman of the Writers group '77 (1992-2003) Frits Wols has guided young writers and poets towards their first publication. Frits Wols is also well known as a story teller.