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Name: Laurens (Jan) van der Post
Variant Name: Laurens van der Post, Laurens Jan van der Post, Sir Laurens (Jan) Van Der Post, (Sir) Laurens (Jan) van der Post
Birth Date: December 13, 1906
Death Date: December 15, 1996
Nationality: British
Ethnicity: South African
Gender: Male

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Biography of Laurens (Jan) van der Post
8,070 words, approx. 27 pages
The impact of Laurens van der Post's books, lectures, and documentary motion pictures has been immense. In his 1969 book on van der Post, for example, Frederic I. Carpenter notes that the best comparison that van der Post's writing and personality...


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Sir Laurens Jan van der Post (aka Laurens van der Post) (December 13, 1906 – December 16, 1996) was a famous 20th century Afrikaner author of many books, farmer, war hero, political adviser to British heads of government, godparent of Prince...


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The Independent - London
Obituary: Sir Laurens van der Post
12/30/1996: 482 words, approx. 2 pages
Though his health was failing rapidly, Sir Laurens van der Post led a typically fast-paced life right through the final months of his 90th year, writes Robert Hinshaw {further to the obituary by Jean-Marc Pottiez, 17 December}. September saw him journeying to the...
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Contemporary Review
Laurens Van Der Post Exposed. (Reviews).
04/01/2002: 1,083 words, approx. 4 pages
Storyteller. The Many Lives of Laurens van der Post. J. D. F. Jones. John Murray. [pounds sterling]25.00. 505 Pages. ISBN 0-7195-5580-9. Taking his text from Voltaire -- 'To the living we owe respect, to the dead we owe only truth' -- the...
 


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