Alette Beaujon (Aletta Clémence Beaujon, Curaçao , 1 May 1933 – Aruba , 3 July 2001) was a Dutch poet and psychologist from the Netherlands Antilles . Born in Curaçao and later living in the Netherlands and Aruba, she published poems in Dutch, English and Papiamento , while working as a clinical psychologist. A collection of her unpublished poems were discovered after her death and released in 2009.
12-550: Beaujon may refer to: People [ edit ] Aletta Beaujon (1933–2001), Dutch poet and psychologist Antony Beaujon ( c. 1762–1805), Dutch and British colonial administrator Nicolas Beaujon (1718–1786), French banker Otto Beaujon (1915–1984), Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles Other [ edit ] Beaujon Aircraft , an American aircraft design company Beaujon Hospital ,
24-765: A clinical psychologist and the family lived in the Mahaai-Van Engelen neighborhood of Willemstad and published poems in Amigoe , a newspaper published in the Netherlands Antilles . In 1969, she moved to Baarn in the Netherlands and enrolled in the University of Utrecht . Subsequently, they moved to Noordwijk aan Zee and Oegstgeest , while her sons studied and she completed her degree. Finishing her studies in 1973, Beaujon began working as
36-578: A hospital in Clichy, Paris, France Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Beaujon . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beaujon&oldid=1071016604 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
48-565: A literary journal. The collection of seventy-eight poems, Gedichten aan de Baai en elders (Poems on the Bay and Beyond) featured works in Dutch, English, and Papiamento with the focal point being the sea and the influences of Papiamento. That same year, she married a Royal Dutch Shell employee from the Netherlands, Eduard Cornelis Johannes van Leeuwen, who was working in Willemstad. Soon after
60-544: A psychologist in Leiden , where her children attended university. Each summer during her stay in the Netherlands, Beaujon returned to Curaçao, to ensure that her children did not lose their proficiency with Papiamento. Her work was included in the Bibliography of Pidgen and Creole Languages published in 1976, as one of the authors who promoted using their native creole tongues in their works. In 1980, Beaujon returned to
72-735: Is a Dutch-language daily newspaper with editorials in Curaçao and distributed in the Dutch Caribbean , specifically Curaçao and Aruba . The newspaper is one of the most widely read dailies in Aruba. The newspaper, initially named Amigoe di Curaçao, was founded in December 1883 by the Dominican Order . It began circulating in Aruba in 1884. From 1884 until 1935, Amigoe operated as a weekly mission magazine. However, just before
84-754: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Aletta Beaujon Aletta Clémence Beaujon was born on 1 May 1933 in Willemstad , in the Dutch Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies to Jeanette Catherine (née Debrot) and Jan Hendrik Rudolf Beaujon. Her father worked with the Royal Dutch Steamboat Company (KNSM) as a merchant. Her family were upper class Protestants, and Beaujon grew up in Willemstad, spending summers at her uncle, Cola Debrot 's plantation, "Slagbaai". Beaujon attended
96-858: The Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs and won the school's Neerlandia Prize ( Dutch : Neerlandia-prijs ). Continuing her education, she moved to the United States and attended high school in Philadelphia. In 1950, Beaujon enrolled in Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois , to study criminal and child psychology. She graduated in 1955 and returned to Curaçao. In 1957, Beaujon published her first poems in Antilliaanse Cahiers ,
108-709: The Caribbean, settling in Aruba . She worked with mentally disabled children in Oranjestad until 1999, when she became ill with cancer. Beaujon died on 3 July 2001 at the Horatio Oduber Hospital in Oranjestad and was buried at St Ann's Church . In 2008, Klaas de Groot found unpublished poems written by Beaujon in the papers of her uncle, Cola Debrot , which had been deposited in the archives of
120-704: The Public Library of The Hague . The collection of sixty-four poems, Weggespoelde woorden zijn (Words washed away) and fourteen poems previously published in 1959, were compiled by de Groot and published in 2009 as De schoonheid van blauw (The beauty of blue). Beaujon's poetry expresses pictures providing a sensory feel of freedom and depict the landscapes of the Antilles, Greece, and the Netherlands, in beautiful language, with an underlying layer of philosophical query. Her publications under her author's name Alette Beaujon include: Amigoe The Amigoe
132-549: The Second World War, there was a decision to transform it into a daily newspaper. Johan Hartog accepted the editorship, and under his leadership, Amigoe transitioned into a daily newspaper. In 1941, the newspaper became a daily publication, excluding Sundays under the auspices of the Catholic church. The online version of the newspaper was founded on January 8, 1998. This Caribbean newspaper-related article
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#1732780899739144-505: The marriage, he was transferred to Valencia , Venezuela and the couple moved to South America. In 1958, Beaujon gave birth to her first son, Jeannouel and the following year, she published a second collection of poems Poems while in Delos in Antilliaanse Cahiers . In 1961, the couple had their second son, Juan Carlos, but within five years, they would divorce and Beaujon returned to Curaçao with her sons. From 1966 to 1969, Beaujon worked as
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