Laurens van der Post

Sir Laurens Jan van der Post (aka Laurens van der Post) December 13, 1906 – December 16, 1996. Famous 20th century Afrikaner author of many books, farmer, war hero, political adviser to British heads of state, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer, and conservationist.

References

• Carpenter, Frederic I., Laurens Van Der Post. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc, 1969
• Voorslag 1-3 (1926): A Magazine of South African Life and Art, Roy Campbell, Laurens Van der Post, William Plomer, ISBN 0869804235
• Jones, J.D.F., Teller of Many Tales: The Lives of Laurens van der Post, 2001, ISBN 0786710314 -- Revisionist biography.