Writer Hugo Roberts
Photographs
Photo1, Writer/Psychologist in The Hague, The Netherlands
Photo2, Computer Consultant/Counselor in New York, U.S.A.
Photo3, Customs Officer in Paramaribo, Suriname
Life story
Like his stories the life of Hugo Roberts can be called anything except boring. Below and on the web sites is a biography of writer/editor/psychologist Hugo Roberts with a list of some of his award winning and/or published short stories. A few photos are above.
His interesting life started with his birth during World War II (1942) in a slum of Paramaribo, Suriname (South America; for information on Paramaribo & Suriname click here and under Related Topics). After eight years of school he had to start doing odd jobs to support himself and help support his family.
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A few years later he found steady work: in the jungle and finally as a customs officer in Paramaribo.
At the age of 20 he immigrated to The Netherlands (for information on Holland click here and under Related Topics), where he worked as a factory worker, bookkeeper and in the mid-60's as a computer programmer for Philips and ESSO (now EXXON). He started a computer school and service bureau "Systems 2000" in 1970, which was reason two newspapers (one in Suriname and one in Holland) printed his life story. After living in Holland for ten years and his business failed, he moved to the United States where he was a permanent resident, studied, worked in computers, and later as a counselor.
About two decades later, he moved back to The Netherlands where he initially worked as a social worker. He completed a graduate degree and attained the qualifications for a registered senior psychologist (Gezondheidszorgpsycholoog) just a few years before he was eligible for early retirement. In preparation for retirement he decided to seriously pick up his lifelong hobby: writing. He attended more than a dozen writing courses and workshops, such as at the Schrijversvakschool ‘t Colofon (now Schrijversschool) in Amsterdam and the correspondence courses Fiction Writing levels 1, 2, and 3 at The University of Iowa. Beatrijs Nolet, renown Dutch writer of children’s books and teacher of writer’s workshops, was an important teacher, mentor and coach; she taught him the nitty-gritty of the craft.
Because of his interest in people and their cultures he lived on four continents and traveled to 66 cities in 25 countries (see the map below) or visit his page on Facebook for an expandable version.
He was married a couple of times, has four children and three grandchildren. Presently he has a Nepali wife, a stepson and a stepdaughter, and lives mostly in Asia (Nepal, India and Cambodia).
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Award winning stories:
In 2007 his short story “Gita’s Song” won him a finalist status and a “Certificate of Recognition” in the ABC Words in Action writing contest; for details click: Hugo Roberts writer & editor: ABC Words in Action
The short story "Rise en Shine in de jungle" won him an honorable mention (“Bijzondere Vermelding”) in the annual Kwakoe Literatuurprijs 2005, please click: Honorable Mention for Hugo Roberts writer & editor.
With the short story "Het geheim van de tafel” (“The Secret of the Table”) he won the first prize in the annual Kwakoe Literatuurprijs 2003. News Kwakoe first prize award to Hugo Roberts writer & editor.
He is listed in Literary Prizes Netherlands of the Museum of Literature (Literaire prijzen Nederland van het Letterkundig Museum); for details click: Hugo Roberts writer & editor in Literary Prizes Netherlands. Or you can visit their site; please click: http://www.literaireprijzen.nl Look up by author: fill in the author’s name (Roberts) in the space labeled "zoek" and click "zoek". You can also look up by prize: roll down, select Kwakoe Literatuurprijs, and click "kies".
Do you want to know more about the Kwakoe (or Kwaku) Festival? Please click: Kwakoe Festival/Events Explained in Dutch: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwakoe_Zomerfestival
Published stories:
His short stories are published (in English or Dutch) in the U.K., Suriname, Nepal, The Netherlands, and the U.S.
2007: "Highway Jaywalkers," June 24, 2007 in The Kathmandu Post/Fiction Park, Katmandu, Nepal. To read the (edited) story, please click: Kathmandu Post with Hugo Roberts writer & editor's "Highway Jaywalkers" (it's on the modelwatch page featuring Nepalese beauties). The original story “The Jaywalkers” has been changed by the editor to accommodate the readers in Nepal.
2006: "Bustle in the Bus" in BLINK: Flash Fiction Before You Can Bat an Eye, by Wanda Wade Mukherjee (Editor). Wake Forest, N.C., U.S.A.: The Paper Journey Press; ISBN: 0977315649; for details, please click: Blink with Hugo Roberts writer & editor's "Bustle in the Bus."
2005: "The Rookie Cop and the Thief," September 2005 in: eBook of Secret Attic (chosen as one of the best 20 out of more than 300 stories); for details, please click: Secret Attic with Hugo Roberts writer & editor's "The Rookie Cop..."
2004: "Het geheim van de tafel," January 31, 2004 in: De Ware Tijd/Literair, Paramaribo, Suriname.
2003: "Langszij," in: Het Gevoel (ISBN 90-5974-029-7); for details, please click: Announcing Hugo Roberts writer & editor's "Langszij" a winner and: Hugo Roberts writer & editor in judges' report.
2003: "Moord of doodslag in de trein," in: Openbaar vervoer (ISBN 90-75665-56-3); for details, please click: Openbaar vervoer with Hugo Roberts's writer & editor's "Moord of doodslag..."
2003: "Een kerstcadeau voor de buren," in: Een andere wereld. Gedichten en verhalen, vrije boekenbonus 2003. Amsterdam: Cultureel Centrum de Badcuyp.
2002: "Een bekend gezicht," in: FUGA, verzamelde korte verhalen van Nederlandse en Belgische Auteurs. Roermond: De Vleermuis uitgeverij bv, 2002 (ISBN 90 5757 0335).
2002: "Een kwestie van vertrouwen," in: Poëzie en Proza, Vrije Boekendagen 2002, editie Rotterdam.
On Internet you can read more about his stories. Look with a search engine such as Google or Yahoo for “Hugo Roberts”.
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Web sites
Award winning writer, editor, web designer, and former psychologist Hugo Roberts has three web sites featuring his life story, literary awards, published prose and poems. There are links to: writers' resources, to a page with the author's favorite books, other writers' resources: useful sites for writers, news by or about him, a complete list of his prose, to his namesakes (other people named Hugo Roberts) where you can find out about your own namesakes, a page with Frequently Asked Questions, and one with new jokes every week, and to a contact page for messages, comments, questions, or other feedback . You can also click here to go to Comments or scroll down to it and quickly post remarks or questions. Please help the author find a lost copy of an article or request his services.
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Recent Additions:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ),
Hugo Roberts' Travels (there's more useful travel information on this page),
a page with new jokes every week.
Webmaster and Web designer's Tools and Resources
Webmaster/Web designer's, and Writers’ Services / portfolio of sites/blogs created or maintained by us. Meet the Staff: HR RD
NEW! A site in Dutch: http://www.hugoroberts.net
All sites offer the possibility to find out about your own namesakes and have forms for questions or feedback or to request 0. services as well as an option to post an easy comment on the site.
1. The web site www.hugoroberts.com has the following additional features: links to other writer’s resources (publishers, writing contests, courses, tips, etc.) and the possibility to play the national anthems of Suriname, The Netherlands, the United States, and Nepal. Popular is the news page. To visit the site click:
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2. You can also visit Hugo Roberts' renewed site (used to be http://www.geocities.com/writerhugoroberts by clicking: http://www.hugoroberts-writer-editor-webdesigner.com/. This site features a speaking character/virtual employee, a page Hugo Roberts' Travels with photos, and a handy page to bookmark: Webmaster and Web designer's Tools and Resources.
3. If you like to laugh, you certainly have to visit: www.writerhugoroberts.com/jokes.html for a page with new jokes every week (supplied by HumorMall.com).
Other blogs:
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Some of the links are in Dutch and most of these are translated into English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
http://aboutnamesakes.blogspot.com/ is a blog where you will be entertained and informed about names and namesakes. You’ll find out the meaning, origin, and popularity of your name, Famous Namesakes, statistics, history, etc. You can post questions, comments, or articles or discuss everything about names and namesakes. Feel free to add a link to your site in all comments, essays, columns, and articles posted here or on any of my web sites or blogs. This will increase the popularity of your site (see pagerank, back links, and SEO terms explained also SEO WORK PAYS OFF).
Affiliates: The Best of the Web and My Favorite Writers Links (They have replaced: http://www.geocities.com/medb101/ and http://www.geocities.com/medb101/campus.html).
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