Laurens van der Post (1906–1996)
Forfatter af The Lost World of the Kalahari
Om forfatteren
Colonel Laurens Van der Post, a British subject born in South Africa, has "spent most of his adult life with one foot in Africa and one in England." A soldier, explorer, traveler, and philosopher, he fought in World War II in Ethiopia, Syria, and the Far East. Since the war he has worked for the vis mere British government on a variety of missions throughout Africa. Van der Post's beautifully composed Venture to the Interior (1952) is much more than an account of the planned journey from London to Nyasaland in South Africa, the climbing of Mianje, and the exploration of Nyika. It catches the "unique and indefinable spirit of the ancient continent" and explores the interiors of people's minds. His The Heart of the Hunter (1961) points the way toward a rediscovery of the positive values of the wilderness in our own lives. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: © Robert Hinshaw
Værker af Laurens van der Post
African Cooking / Recipes: African Cooking 7 eksemplarer
Lost world of the Kalahari [Motion picture] 3 eksemplarer
Race Prejudice as Self Rejection: An Inquiry Into the Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Group Conflicts 3 eksemplarer
2006 1 eksemplar
The Secret River - An African Myth 1 eksemplar
Voorslag 1-3 1 eksemplar
Return of the White Bushman, "Journey into the Spirit of Archaic Man". Part 3: The Destination (Documentary) 1 eksemplar
Return of the White Bushman, "Journey into the Spirit of Archaic Man". Part 2: The Journey (Documentary) 1 eksemplar
Man and the Shadow 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Operatie Venus; Flamingoveer; Karen; De eerste trein naar Babylon — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Fødselsdato
- 1906-12-13
- Dødsdag
- 1996-12-16
- Begravelsessted
- Philippolis, South Africa (special memorial garden)
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
South Africa - Fødested
- Philippolis, South Africa (Orange River Colony)
- Dødssted
- London, England, UK
- Bopæl
- Durban, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK - Uddannelse
- Grey College
- Erhverv
- reporter
soldier - Relationer
- Giffard, Ingaret (wife)
Campbell, Roy (friend)
Bowes-Lyon, Lilian Helen (lover) - Organisationer
- British Army
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Knight Bachelor (1981)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1947)
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