Bernardo Ashetu

Bernardo Ashetu (4 March 1929 – 3 August 1982) was a Surinamese poet.

Biography Henk van Ommeren was born on the edge of Paramaribo as the son of doctor Hendrik van Ommeren who would later become Chairman of the Estates of Suriname.

In 1959, van Ommeren settled in the Netherlands and started writing. The collection contained 205

Later the poetry started appearing in the Spiegel van de Surinaamse poëzie (1995) and magazines like Dietsche Warande, Bzzlletin, De Ware Tijd Literair, De Tweede Ronde, and many others. In 2002, a collection was published by Gerrit Komrij titled Dat ik zong.,