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Clark Accord

Clark Accord
BornClark Bertram Accord
(1961-03-06)6 March 1961
Paramaribo, Suriname
Died11 May 2011(2011-05-11) (aged 50)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
OccupationWriter, makeup artist
LanguageDutch

Clark Bertram Accord (6 March 1961 – 11 May 2011) was a Surinamese–Dutch author and makeup artist.

Writing

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His debut book, published in 1999, was De koningin van Paramaribo (The Queen of Paramaribo), written about the life of Maxi Linder; he later adapted the story into both a play and a musical.[1] The book became a bestseller with more than 120,000 copies sold, released in Germany, Spain, Latin America and Finland. His second novel, Tussen Apoera en Oreala (Between Apoera and Oreala), appeared in 2005, and is a love story set in the rainforests of Suriname. His third novel, Bingo!, came out in 2007 and is a story about a compulsive Surinamese gambler. Besides writing books he wrote articles for magazines and newspapers, including Elsevier, M, Elle and Marie Claire.

In 2007, he received the Bronze Bull for Art and Culture of the Surinamese community in the Netherlands. On 7 May 2011, shortly before his death from stomach cancer,[2] Clark Accord was awarded the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star on behalf of the President of Suriname.[3]

Bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ Dorsman, Roos (2016). "Accord, Clark (1961–2011)". In Knight, Franklin W.; Gates, Jr, Henry Louis (eds.). Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-199-93580-2.  – via Oxford University Press's Reference Online (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Surinamese-Dutch author Clark Accord dies at 50". Radio Netherlands. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Biografie". Clark Accord Foundation (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
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