Ruth San A Jong
(Surinam, 1970) won the Third Literature prize of the Kwakoe Festival 2002 with her story ‘The Last Parade’. San A Jong wrote non-fiction for her work for various NGO’s but the Kwakoe prize stimulated her to occupy herself with writing fiction. She is presently working on a collection of short stories. The central theme is death and the way in which people deal with death in Surinam, with all the traditions, beliefs and superstition and the bizar rituals that go with it. Together with storyteller Guillaume Pool she started the Bukutori foundation, which aims at promoting the art of reading, writing and storytelling in Surinam. Since 2008 she is the director of the Schrijversvakschool (School of Writing).
Past events
Traditions, taboos, belief and superstition. Writers from the Antilles and Surinam
Belief and superstition can defuse fear but also arouse it: what if you don't keep to the accompanying customs? With Sonia Garmers, Usha Marhé, Ruth San A Jong, Noraly Beyer (interviewer). In Dutch.
