Lolita Euson
Sint Eustatius/Arubian poet
Lolita Euson (27 October 1914 – 13 August 1994) was a Dutch Antillean writer and poet. She was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau, and streets in both Sint Eustatius and San Nicolaas, Aruba, bear her name. In 1996, she was memorialized by an Arubian stamp, which depicts her likeness.
Biography
Lolita Esmeralda was born on the Dutch Antillean island of Sint Eustatius on 27 October 1914. In 1936, she left Sint Eustatius and relocated to Aruba, where she won acclaim for her weekly columns in the periodical The Local. Euson published her first collection of poetry Sweet Praises in 1988, which won a Golden Poet Award from the World of Poetry in Sacramento, California and was celebrated in a ceremony in San Nicolaas by local dignitaries. The collection contained poems written in praise of various occasions, including national and religious themes, and touched on the death of President John F. Kennedy as well as themes concerning the Dutch royal family. Euson was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Death and legacy
Euson died on 13 August 1994 in Aruba. In 1995, her name was placed on a street in San Nicolas, Aruba.
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