Education
In 1985 he received his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Leiden on the study El compromiso en la poesía afro-antillana de Cuba y Puerto Rico, that as its main subject treated Nicolás Guillén and other poets.
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Henry Habibe
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He published his poetry mainly in the period following the creation of his magazine Watapana (1968–1972). Most of his poems he writes in the Papiamento language, occasionally in Spanish and Dutch. He also published studies on the work of Pierre Lauffer, JS Corsen and Luis Daal.
Reviews he wrote for the Antillian newspapers Amigoe di Curacao and Beursen Nieuwsberichten (1986–1997).
Membership
Henry Habib is a member of the advisory board of the Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren (Caribbean Study group of Arts) of the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde (Society of Dutch Literature) in Leiden.
