Helen Colijn (1920–2006)
Auteur van Song of Survival: Women Interned
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Colijn, Helen
- Officiële naam
- Colijn, Helena Constantia
- Geboortedatum
- 1920-11-21
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2006-04-26
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Netherlands
- Geboorteplaats
- England
- Woonplaatsen
- Palo Alto, California, USA
- Beroepen
- secretary
translator
writer
Leden
Besprekingen
Lijsten
Statistieken
- Werken
- 7
- Leden
- 117
- Populariteit
- #168,597
- Waardering
- 3.3
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 19
- Talen
- 2
Not knowing the fate of their mother, the three girls and their father board a ship evacuating civilians to Australia. It was sunk by Japanese fighter pilots, however, and they had to escape on lifeboats. Eventually they made it to Sumatra, but were eventually caught and interned. Helen spent three and a half years in Japanese interment camps for women and children. One of the ways in which the women maintained moral was through vocal performances. In particular they recreated orchestra works using only voices.
After the war, Helen pieced together her diaries to document her experiences, but it wasn't published until 1995 when interest in the camp's music led to public performances. In addition to the book, there is a documentary also called Song of Survival. A film featuring Glenn Close called Paradise Road was released in 2001.
The book was a gripping account of a young woman's wartime experiences and an important first-hand account of life in a woman's interment camp. The lack of emotional excess or hyperbole made the story even more impactful. I couldn't put it down.… (meer)