Hubert Booi

was born on Bonaire on 25 July 1919 and has lived on Aruba since 1937. After various executive jobs within the Aruban government he headed the Instituto di Cultura. In this position he became an important promotor of the cultural life on the island. He was co-founder of the Aruban art circle and boardmember of the Sociedad Bolivariana. In addition, he has acted on the stage and has written plays, poems and short stories. His religious play Golgotha appreared in 1967 in the Antilliaanse Cahiers; in 1969 he published Muchila. He is especially known for his musicals E Perla di Karibe (1955) and Amor di Kibaima (1969). In addition to these publications and presentarions Hubert Booi is known as a worthy reciter of his own work. E Flamingo di Aruba (2006) contains a fair choice of his literary work.