Eugène Drenthe

Eugène Constantijn Donders Drenthe (12 December 1925 in Laarwijk, Surinam – 30 March 2009 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) was a prominent Surinamese poet and playwright.

Biography Drenthe was born in Laarwijk, Surinam, This down-to-earth attitude also characterized his plays which showed the normal life of the Creoles in Suriname. The plays were successful, Geheim in het gezin was performed 57 times in Suriname. In 1982 Drenthe started to publish poetry in Dutch and Sranan Tongo. His first publication was Skuma/Schuim (1982).

Drenthe was offered a knighthood in the Order of Orange Nassau in 1972, but refused to accept it, because he had done nothing special. He moved to the Netherlands in 1977. He died on 30 March 2009 in Rotterdam, at the age of 83.