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Mary Pos

Born

in Zaandam, Netherlands

July 26, 1904

Died

December 28, 1987

Genre

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Maria ‘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 journali Maria ‘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. ...more

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	Wie was Dr.Verwoerd? did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1968	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Veelbelovend Rhodesia en machtig Tanganyika 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1955 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dieren hebben geen tranen: Ontmoetingen met dieren en mensen, dichtbij en op wereldreizen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1975	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Californië: dwars door Amerika op zoek naar Nederlanders 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1953	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Werkelijkheid op Bali by Mary Pos, Martha Eland (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1947	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ik zag Amerika 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1940	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	„Eens op Java en Sumatra…”: het laatste reisboek over ons Indië in zijn glorietijd 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1948	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zuid-Amerika: Brazilië, Argentinië, Chili 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1952	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De maan schijnt overal: hoogtepunten van mijn reizen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1962	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“En toch worden en werden overal ter wereld dieren door kinderen en volwassenen doodgeplaagd of doodgemarteld. Soms gebeurt dit uit onwetendheid en ondoordachtzaamheid. Soms ook uit sadisme of om duistere onlustgevoelens af te reageren. Om op het dier te wreken wat door mensen werd misdaan.”
― Mary Pos, Dieren hebben geen tranen: Ontmoetingen met dieren en mensen, dichtbij en op wereldreizen

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