Awards
For his merits to Surinamese literary life Van Kempen was awarded in 1987 de Rahmān Khān-prize. In 2004, he was awarded the Flemish/Dutch ANV-Visser Neerlandia-prize. He was knighted twice: in 2005 in Suriname as Officer of the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star and in 2007 in the Netherlands as Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. In 2009, he was awarded the Gaanman Gazon Matodja Award, the highest Maroons award.
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