Van der Post

/ ˈvæn də ˌpəʊst /

noun

1. Sir Laurens ( Jan ). 1906–96, South African writer and traveller. His works include the travel books Venture to the Interior (1952), The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958), and Testament to the Bushmen (1984) and the novels The Hunter and the Whale (1967) and The Admiral's Baby (1996)

Example Sentences

Much of this probably stems from the Prince’s relationship with the South African mystic Laurens van der Post, who turned him on to esoteric pursuits ranging from Jungian analysis to vegetarianism.

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“I sat there shaking in my shoes at the criticism,” recalled Black’s successor as How to Spend It editor, Lucia van der Post.

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Van der Post was the daughter of the explorer and conservationist Laurens van der Post, best known for celebrating the ascetic lives of African Bushmen.

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She joined the FT in 1994, to help Van der Post, who was not an experienced editor, run How to Spend It.

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In 1998, Van der Post returned to full-time writing, and De Bono succeeded her as editor.

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