death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title birth_name
the hague , south holland , netherlands 22 april 1974 nijmegen , gelderland , netherlands dutch 10 january 1911 tjalie robinson
 jan johannes theodorus boon
tjalie robinson

tjalie robinson is the main alias of the indo -lrb- eurasian -rrb- intellectual and writer jan boon -lrb- born nijmegen , 10 january 1911 ; died the hague , 22 april 1974 -rrb- also known as vincent mahieu .
his father cornelis boon , a royal netherlands east indies army -lrb- knil -rrb- sergeant , was dutch and his indo-european mother fela robinson was part scottish and javanese .
he is considered to be the author of unique indo literature .
tjalie robinson became the most influential post war indo activist of his generation and the most important promoter of indo culture anywhere .
in his essay '' `` sweet java , about tjalie robinson . '' ''
rudy kousbroek , one of the netherlands foremost essayists , simply called him '' `` one of the greatest dutch writers '' '' .
his aim as cultural guardian was to preserve indo culture for the future or as he put it himself : '' `` to create living monuments for an immortal past . '' '' .
in his most vivid description of the eurasian nature of his indo identity tjalie robinsion wrote : '' `` i did not care that people wanted to call me ` neither fish nor fowl , ' and wanted to label me -lrb- an indo -rrb- , either indonesian or dutch .
for them i just had to choose between the two , right ?
nevertheless , i stubbornly named the turtle as ` neither fish nor fowl , ' and praised this animal as a unique , land-and-sea-lover who lives to very old ages , whose meat has an excellent taste , and who cuts through oceans from continent to continent .
i said , `` just as i do not find the turtle inferior , although he is neither fish nor fowl , i do not think the indo inferior . '' ''
tjalie robinson 's book ` tjies ' was awarded a literary prize by the municipality of amsterdam in 1958 .
robinson is the best read dutch author in indonesia .
