Frank Martinus Arion

Frank Martinus Arion.

Frank Martinus Arion (born Frank Efraim Martinus; 17 December 1936 – 28 September 2015) was a Curaçaoan poet, novelist, and language advocate.

He moved to the Netherlands in 1955 and in 1981 returned to Curaçao, where he became head of the Curaçao Language Institute that promotes the use of the Papiamentu language. His works include The Last Freedom (De laatste vrijheid) and Double Play (Dubbelspel). The latter novel is considered to be his magnum opus and was published in 1973. He wrote in Papiamentu and Dutch.

Bibliography

• 1957 - Stemmen uit Afrika (gedichten)
• 1972 - Bibliografie van het Papiamentu
• 1973 - Dubbelspel - awarded the Van der Hoogt Prize [English translation: Double Play, translated from Dutch by Paul Vincent; London]
• 1974 - Sisyphiliaans alpinisme tegen miten
• 1975 - Afscheid van de koningin
• 1977 - Albert Helman, de eenzame jager
• 1979 - Nobele wilden
• 1993 - De ibismensmuis
• 1995 - De laatste vrijheid
• 1996 - The Kiss of a Slave
• 2001 - De eeuwige hond
• 2005 - Eén ding is droevig
• 2006 - De deserteurs
• 2006 - Drie romans

Adaptations

Main article: Double Play (film)

Arion's 1973 Dutch-language novel Double Play was adapted into the 2017 English-language film Double Play, directed by Ernest R. Dickerson.

External links

• Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature website on Arion