Marylin Simons

Marylin Simons (16 October 1959) is a Surinamese writer and columnist. She is best known for "In naam van God en Obia" (2002) for which she was awarded the , and her youth book "Carrousel" (2003).
Biography.
Marilyn Simons was born on 16 October 1959 in Paramaribo. She went to the Netherlands to study higher vocational education. After graduating, she returned to Suriname in 1982.
Simons started to work as a columnist for the magazine "De Tweede Ronde", and the newspaper "De Ware Tijd". Simons made her literary debut in 2001 at "De Tweede Ronde", and won the story writing contest for the 700th edition of "De Ware Tijd Literair".
In 2002, Simons wrote "In naam van God en Obia" ("In name of God and Obia"), a family drama, for which she was awarded the a former stimulus prize for Surinamese authors. In 2003, she wrote "Carrousel" which was originally published by "Okopipi" in Paramaribo, but has become better known as "Koorddansers" (2006), an extended republication by the Dutch publisher "De Geus". The book is intended for both adults and youths. In 2004, Simons released "Anansi Dala", a picture book about the spider Anansi.
A notable feature of her stories, is the tendency to break taboos, and that the characters tend to show the diversity in Surinamese Dutch which alternates from Sranan Tongo to "Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands", the old term for posh civilized Dutch.