Tip Marugg

Silvio Alberto (Tip) Marugg (Willemstad, Curaçao, 16 December 1923–22 April 2006) 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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Name Marugg, Tip
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Short description Curaçao writer
Date of birth 1923
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Date of death 2006
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