Jopi Hart

(Joseph Hart) was born on Bonaire, raised and educated in Curaçao, where he obtained his teacher’s certificate. In Holland he worked and studied and got his master’s degree in English. Back on his island he worked at a high school, at the University of the Netherlands Antilles, and gave evening classes in English conversation. Later he became the superintendent of secondary schools for the Roman Catholic School Board. He now has his own language institute. Throughout his life he has been involved in social-cultural projects aimed at improving the quality of life of his island community, for which he was honoured with a royal decoration. In 2000 he published his first collection of poems in four languages (“Entrega”). ‘Election Dance’ (2006) is his first novel.