Lodewijk 'Lou' Lichtveld (7 November 1903 – 10 July 1996) was a Surinamese politician, playwright, poet and resistance fighter who wrote under the pseudonym "Albert Helman".

He gained notability in 1923 when he published the poetry collection De glorende dag (The Dawning Day), a milestone in immigrant literature in the Netherlands.

[2] During World War II, he was a member of the Grote Raad van de Illegaliteit ("Great Council of Illegality"),.

[4] This novel describes his memories of his country of birth and the exploitation of Suriname by the Dutch colonizer, and ended with a fierce anti-colonial epilogue.

In 1940, he wrote on behalf of the Comité voor Bijzondere Joodse Belangen ("Committee for Special Jewish Interests") the book Millioenen-leed ("Millions of Suffering").

During the occupation, he wrote under the pseudonyms Joost van den Vondel, Friedrich W. Nietzsche, Hypertonides and Nico Slob.

[9] In addition, he became a member of the Grote Raad van de Illegaliteit ("Great Council of Illegality")[3] whose mission it was to advice the Dutch government-in-exile in London.

[4] The government fell over the Hospital Question in which Lichtveld had fired doctor Henk van Ommeren over alleged irregularities which were later proven false.