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Tip Marugg


Born
in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
December 16, 1923

Died
April 22, 2006


Silvio Alberto (Tip) Marugg was a Dutch-Antillian writer and poet of Venezuelan/Swiss heritage. Marugg has written 3 novels in Dutch; Weekendpelgrimage (1957), In de straten van Tepalka (1967); and De morgen loeit weer aan (1988), which was nominated for a major Dutch literature prize. His style is best characterized as a variation on magic realism. Tip Marugg has also written several poems (in literary magazines as well as his book of poems Afschuw van Licht) and a Dikshonario Erotiko; a dictionary of all words with an erotic meaning used in Papiamentu.

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Average rating: 3.42 · 580 ratings · 68 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
De morgen loeit weer aan
3.36 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 1988 — 11 editions
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Weekendpelgrimage
3.75 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1958 — 4 editions
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De morgen loeit weer aan / ...
3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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De hemel is van korte duur,...
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In de straten van Tepalka
3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1967 — 2 editions
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