Els Moor

Els Moor (17 May 1937 – 9 March 2016) was a Dutch-born Surinamese educator, editor and book publisher. She is best known for Fa yu e tron leisibakru, a literary education method for secondary education. Moor was the chief editor of De Ware Tijd Literair, and founder of the Okopipi publishing house.

Biography Moor was born on 17 May 1937 in Heemstede as Elisabeth Henriëtte Pauline Moor. She went to the grammar school in Hilversum, and received her doctorate in Dutch language and Literature from the University of Amsterdam.

Moor was a high school teacher in Bussum for twelve years, and in Amsterdam-Zuidoost for seven years. At the latter, she developed a passion for child friendly education, teaching the children according their ability. Bernardo Ashetu, Marylin Simons, and Michiel van Kempen among others. The literary education no longer solely focused on Dutch, but also Sranan Tongo, the creole spoken in Suriname, received emphasis. Moor considered it important that people learned about their own city, and their own culture.

In 2000, after her retirement as a teacher, she started to teach Dutch to the Tiriyó people in Kwamalasamutu, Moor remained the chief editor of De Ware Tijd Literair until her death.

On 9 March 2016, Moor died in Paramaribo at the age of 78.