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{{Short description|Surinamese writer (1965–2021)}}
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| name             = Cándani
| image            = De Surinaamse Cándani in 1992.jpg
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| pseudonym        = Saya Yasmine Amores
| birth_name       = Asha Radjkoemar
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1965|3|8|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Suriname (district)|District Suriname]], [[Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)|Suriname]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2021|8|4|1965|3|8|df=y}}
| death_place      = [[Amsterdam]], [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]
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* writer
* painter
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| movement         = [[Surinamese literature]]
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'''Saya Yasmine Amores''' (born '''Asha Radjkoemar'''; 8 March 1965 – 4 August 2021) was a Surinamese-Dutch poet, writer, and painter.  She wrote under the [[pen name]] '''Cándani''' from 1982 to 2007.  She then used the name Saya Yasmine Amores, which she legally adopted in 2013.
== Early life ==
Asha Radjkoemar was born in the district of [[Suriname (district)|Suriname]], located in the country of [[Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)|Suriname]], on 8 March 1965.  In 1982, she took up the [[pen name]] "Cándani", meaning "Moonlight" in the [[Sarnami]] language.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dewnarain|first=Jerry|date=13 August 2021|title=Niet de dood, het leven is vreemd|url=https://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/niet-de-dood-het-leven-is-vreemd/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-23|website=[[De Ware Tijd]] Literair|language=nl|via=werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117105606/https://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/niet-de-dood-het-leven-is-vreemd/ |archive-date=17 November 2021 }}</ref>
== Literary career ==
Cándani's first book was published in 1990.  It was a poetry collection in Sarnami with [[Dutch language|Dutch]] translations entitled ''Ghunghru tut gail/De rinkelband is gebroken'' [The [[bangle]] is broken].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/906762462|title=Sirito : 50 Surinaamse vertellingen|date=1993|publisher=Kennedy-Stichting|others=Michiel van Kempen, Jan Bongers, Cees Koelewijn|isbn=99914-954-5-2|location=Paramaribo|chapter=De vertellers en schrijvers|oclc=906762462|chapter-url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kemp009siri01_01/kemp009siri01_01_0054.php}}</ref>
Cándani's next collections were in Dutch, including ''Vanwaar je dacht te vertrekken sta je geplant'' (1993)<ref name=":0"/> and ''Een zoetwaterlied'' (2000).  She returned to Sarnami/Dutch bilingual poetry with ''Ghar ghar ke khel/Het spel van huisje huisje'' (2002).  These collections are centered around memories of [[Indo-Surinamese]] rural life.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rutgers|first=Wim|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234234454|title=De brug van Paramaribo naar Willemstad : Nederlands-Caribische en Caribisch-Nederlandse literatuur 1945-2005|date=2007|publisher=Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma (FPI)|others=[[Universiteit van de Nederlandse Antillen]]|isbn=978-99904-2-202-3|location=Curaçao|chapter=2003 Post-nationalistische poëzie|oclc=234234454|chapter-url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/rutg014brug01_01/rutg014brug01_01_0050.php}}</ref>
She also wrote two novels, ''Oude onbekenden'' (2001) and ''Huis van as'' (2002), in which the search for the Indo-Surinamese identity is placed within the historical context of Hindustani migration to Suriname and re-migration to the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roo|first=Jos de|date=2001-03-24|title=Identiteit is iets voor Staphorstenaren|url=https://www.trouw.nl/gs-b7e604e4|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Trouw|language=nl-NL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Roo|first=Jos de|date=2002-09-07|title='Wat is een vrouw die niet vurig bemind is?'|url=https://www.trouw.nl/gs-bd78ecc8|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Trouw|language=nl-NL}}</ref>
''Geef mij het land dat in jou woont'' (2004) is a collection of poems about the [[history of Suriname]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cándani|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/66548991|title=Geef mij het land dat in jou woont : historische gedichten|date=2004|publisher=Conserve|isbn=90-5429-187-7|location=Schoorl|oclc=66548991}}</ref>
== Personal life and death ==
Cándani married Dennis van den Bosch in 1999, publishing a commemorative collection ''Zal ik terugkeren als je bruid'' [I will come as your bride].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Cándani|first1=(Radjkoemar, Asha)|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67721123|title=Zal ik terugkeren als je bruid: gedichten|last2=Kempen|first2=Michiel van|last3=Bosch|first3=Dennis van den|date=1999|publisher=Michiel van Kempen ; Elisabeth Leijnse|location=Namur; Amsterdam|language=Dutch|oclc=67721123}}</ref>  She had one daughter from a prior relationship in Suriname.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ketwaru |first=Effendi Jr.|date=8 August 2021|title=Herinnering aan Cándani|url=https://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/herinnering-aan-candani/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-23|publisher=Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809145726/https://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/herinnering-aan-candani/ |archive-date=9 August 2021 }}</ref>
She was hospitalised in 2020 at the [[Antoni van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knipscheer|first=Franc|date=5 August 2021|title=Getormenteerd leven voorbij|url=https://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/getormenteerd-leven-voorbij/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-23|publisher=Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807161703/https://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/getormenteerd-leven-voorbij/ |archive-date=7 August 2021 }}</ref>  She died of cancer on 4 August 2021 in [[Amsterdam]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 August 2021|title=Cándani/ Asha Radjkoemar/ Saya Yasmine Amores overleden|url=https://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/candani-asha-radjkoemar-saya-yasmine-amores-overleden/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-23|publisher=Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805155144/https://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/candani-asha-radjkoemar-saya-yasmine-amores-overleden/ |archive-date=5 August 2021 }}</ref>
== Further reading ==
* [[Michel Szulc-Krzyzanowski]] (photography) & [[Michiel van Kempen]] (text), ''Woorden op de westenwind; Surinaamse schrijvers buiten hun land van herkomst.'' Amsterdam: In de Knipscheer, 1994, pp.&nbsp;220–241.
* Michiel van Kempen, "De moeizame geboorte van een Sarnami dichteres - of niet?" In: ''Literatuur'', 17 (2000), no. 4, July/August, pp.&nbsp;211–216.
* Michiel van Kempen, ''Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur.'' Breda: De Geus, 2003, Vol II, pp.&nbsp;1170–1177.
== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=cand003 Cándani at the Digital Library for Dutch Literature] (in Dutch)
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