[Nummer 2]
Cola Debrot
Pages from a diary in Geneva
preceded by
My sister the negro
[Inleiding]
Cola Debrot, born 1902 on the island of Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles, studied law and medicine at the universities of Utrecht and Amsterdam and is at present directer of the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles.
‘Pages from a Diary in Geneva’ are excerpts from a diary kept by the author during the 39th Conference of the International Labour Organization in Geneva in 1956. It appeared in the dutch literary monthly ‘Tirade’ in 1957. ‘My sister the Negro’ first appeared as a booklet in 1935 with a second edition in 1953. The translations are by Estelle Reed Debrot, American wife of the author. We offer these translations especially for our English speaking compatroits and friends in the Caribbean area.
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