Laurens Van der Post

Japanese: バン･デル･ポスト（英語表記）Laurens Van der Post

1906‐96
A writer and explorer from what is now the Orange Free State in South Africa. Born into an old family of Dutch settlers, his father served as Prime Minister of the Orange Free State, and he spent his childhood on a farm. He began writing while at university, became a newspaper reporter after graduating, and traveled to Japan in 1926. In 1930 he became editor-in-chief of Cape Time, but resigned the following year due to the anti-apartheid campaign. His first novel, The Countryside (1934), deals with the relationship between racism and the left-wing movement. During World War II he joined the British Army and was taken prisoner by the Japanese in Java.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1906‐96
南アフリカ，現在のオレンジ自由州出身の作家，探検家。オランダ系開拓民の旧家に生まれ，オレンジ自由国首相を務めた父をもち，幼少年期を農園で過ごす。大学在学中から文筆活動を始め，卒業後新聞記者となり，1926年日本を旅行。30年《ケープ･タイム》主筆となるが，アパルトヘイト(人種隔離政策)反対キャンペーンが原因で翌年辞職。初めての小説《地方》(1934)で人種差別と左翼運動のかかわりを扱う。第2次大戦中はイギリス陸軍に入隊し，ジャワで日本軍の捕虜となる。

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