Background
Karin Amatmoekrim was born on 25 December 1977 in Paramaribo, Suriname. In 1981, she emigrated from Suriname to the Netherlands and grew up in IJmuiden.
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Education
She attended the Gymnasium in Velsen, and then studied Modern Literature at the University of Amsterdam, graduating with a thesis on "The ethnicity in Literature in Suriname".
Career
In 2004, she published her first novel, Het knipperleven ("The glare of life"), which was enthusiastically received by the press In 2006, it was followed by Wanneer wij samen zijn ("When we are together"), a novel based on the story of several generations of the family Amatmoekrims. In 2009 appeared the novel Titus.
Amatmoekrim has also published short stories in De Groene Amsterdammer and Vrij Nederland.
