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„Eens op Java en Sumatra…”: het laatste reisboek over ons Indië in zijn glorietijd
253 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1948
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Mary Pos
13 booksMaria ‘Mary’ Pos (1904-1987) was a Dutch journalist and writer, best known for being the first female Dutch travel journalist. During her lifetime, Pos published over 20 books and 2000 articles.
In the late 1920s, Pos started writing for anti-revolutionary newspaper De Standaard and Christian family magazine De Spiegel. In 1931 she published her debut, christian youth novel ‘Daden!’.
In 1934 Pos devoted herself full-time to a career as a writer. She started with a stay in Rome, which she wrote about in De Spiegel and in her book ‘Naar het land van de rode rhododendron’ (1937). She reported on her trip to Moscow and her aversion to communism in De Telegraaf and published ‘De leugen van Moskou’ (1937). An illustrious career as a travel journalist followed. She refused to enter into any kind of long term relationship: according to Pos, marriage and motherhood were incompatible with her work.
Travels to the United States, where she visited President Roosevelt, and to the Dutch East Indies followed - but also to fascist Italy for multiple interviews with Mussolini, whom she admired. Because of this, shortly after the Second World War, she became the subject of the so-called 'Parool affair'. As a result of her articles about the Ostmark, Dutch newspaper Het Parool framed her as a Nazi propagandist. As a result, she was banned from writing on 2 August 1945 by the Military Authority. With the help of letters sent in by personal friends, the Political Investigation Service cleared her name in September 1945 and she was rehabilitated by the Honorary Council for Literature.
After the war, Pos published travel books about Australia, the Dutch East Indies and various countries in South America and Africa and gave lectures with light images on subjects such as the Incas, Turkey and South Africa. In 1967, her book ‘Wie was Dr. Verwoerd’ got her in trouble once again, as she defended the South African apartheid politician Verwoerd in her novel. Because of this, multiple magazines refused to include contributions by Pos.
In 1975 Pos published her 25th and last book: ‘Dieren hebben geen tranen’. In it she described forms of animal abuse she had encountered during her travels. In the last years of her life she was active for nature and bird protection in the Goois Nature Reserve. Mary Pos died on December 28, 1987, at the age of 83.
In the late 1920s, Pos started writing for anti-revolutionary newspaper De Standaard and Christian family magazine De Spiegel. In 1931 she published her debut, christian youth novel ‘Daden!’.
In 1934 Pos devoted herself full-time to a career as a writer. She started with a stay in Rome, which she wrote about in De Spiegel and in her book ‘Naar het land van de rode rhododendron’ (1937). She reported on her trip to Moscow and her aversion to communism in De Telegraaf and published ‘De leugen van Moskou’ (1937). An illustrious career as a travel journalist followed. She refused to enter into any kind of long term relationship: according to Pos, marriage and motherhood were incompatible with her work.
Travels to the United States, where she visited President Roosevelt, and to the Dutch East Indies followed - but also to fascist Italy for multiple interviews with Mussolini, whom she admired. Because of this, shortly after the Second World War, she became the subject of the so-called 'Parool affair'. As a result of her articles about the Ostmark, Dutch newspaper Het Parool framed her as a Nazi propagandist. As a result, she was banned from writing on 2 August 1945 by the Military Authority. With the help of letters sent in by personal friends, the Political Investigation Service cleared her name in September 1945 and she was rehabilitated by the Honorary Council for Literature.
After the war, Pos published travel books about Australia, the Dutch East Indies and various countries in South America and Africa and gave lectures with light images on subjects such as the Incas, Turkey and South Africa. In 1967, her book ‘Wie was Dr. Verwoerd’ got her in trouble once again, as she defended the South African apartheid politician Verwoerd in her novel. Because of this, multiple magazines refused to include contributions by Pos.
In 1975 Pos published her 25th and last book: ‘Dieren hebben geen tranen’. In it she described forms of animal abuse she had encountered during her travels. In the last years of her life she was active for nature and bird protection in the Goois Nature Reserve. Mary Pos died on December 28, 1987, at the age of 83.
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