A life in three acts is an apt way to describe the journey of Henk Van der Kolk. Born in the town of Zwolle 80 miles north-east of Amsterdam, Van der Kolk now lives between Toronto – where he emigrated in 1967 to avoid Dutch military service – and Panama City, his part-time residence for the past two years. “Canada had a strong wartime relationship with Holland back then,” says Van der Kolk, who was a husband and father of three within five years of his arrival in North America.
亨克•范德科尔克(Henk Van der Kolk)的人生历程用三幕剧来描述再恰当不过了,他出生于阿姆斯特丹(Amsterdam)东北部80英里的兹沃勒小镇(Zwolle),如今则在多伦多(Toronto)与巴拿马城居住,1967年他为躲避服兵役而移居多伦多,过去二年则把巴拿马城当成了自己的临时居所。“加拿大当时与荷兰是关系很铁的盟国,”范德科尔克说,他移居加拿大时已结婚成家,还有三个不到五岁的孩子。