Clark Bertram Accord was a Surinamese-Dutch author and makeup artist. His debut novel was De koningin van Paramaribo. The book became a bestseller with more than 120,000 copies sold, released in Germany, Spain, Latin America and Finland. His second novel, Tussen Apoera en Oreala, appeared in 2005, and is a love story set in the rainforests of Suriname. His third novel, Bingo!, came out in 2007 and is a story about a compulsive Surinamese gambler. Besides writing books he wrote articles for magazines and newspapers, including Elsevier, M, Elle and Marie Claire. In 2007 he received the Bronze Bull for Art and Culture of the Surinamese community in the Netherlands. On May 7, 2011, shortly before his death from stomach cancer, Clark Accord was the Surinamese ambassador to the Netherlands on behalf of the President of Suriname, and was awarded the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star. 

March 6th, 1961 in Paramaribo  /  Died:   May 11th, 2011