Hemayel Martina

Hemayel Michael Anthony Martina (24 October 1990 – 29 January 2011) was a Curaçaoan poet. While studying at the International School of Curaçao, the 17-year-old Martina started writing poems addressed to young people. Later, these were collected in a book, with each poem appearing side-by-side in both Papiamento and English. The book has two titles: Ansestro Preokupá Sosegá (Papiamento) and Worried Ancestor Rest in Peace (English). The poems explore politics, music, sports, and various personalities who have made important contributions to Martina's homeland of Curaçao.[1][2]

After residing for a while in Leiden, Netherlands, and continuing his university education at Webster University in Leiden,[3] he toured Curaçao with musician and friend Levi Silvanie. They performed at various venues combining poetry with Silvanie's music.[4] They both organized a night of poetry and music on local television.[5] He also toured South Africa in December 2010.[6]

On 29 January 2011, while touring Curaçao, he died from injuries suffered in a car crash. He was buried in Curaçao.[7]

Bibliography
  • 2010: Ansestro Preokupá Sosegá / Worried Ancestor Rest in Peace
gollark: What is this "MOT"?
gollark: ... is that an <:illum:531316942443642880> on there?
gollark: How do you derive the rules and what do you mean by "branches on the picture"?
gollark: I don't know how to actually implement the thing it says about identifying things uniquely by "a sequence of numbers which says where to turn at each intersection", since it seems like you'd need a way to convert them into a unique/canonical form for that to actually work.
gollark: I looked at that, yes.

References
  1. Rosabelle Illes, Crisen Schorea, Levi Silvanie, "Ansestro Preokupa Sosega paso Ami ta Korsou", August 18, 2015; the text of this post archived on January 14, 2016
  2. Hemayel Martina ta presentá: ”Ansestro prekupá, sosegá” (in Dutch and English); archived on January 14, 2016
  3. Two Webster Students Publish Books, November 28, 2010, Webster University; this is an archive snapshot of a page that is no longer available on Webster's website
  4. RNW: Dichter Hemayel Martina omgekomen bij auto-ongeluk (in Dutch)
  5. Poet of Curaçao: Hemayel Martina interviewed by Lee Bob Black
  6. Anne de Graaf, "Hemayel Martina: 12 October 1990 - 29 January 2011", archived on January 14, 2016
  7. "Hemayel Martina had een missie" (in Dutch), Radio Nederland Wereldomroep (RNW); archived September 29, 2012
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