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| birth_date = 2 May 1898
| birth_date = 2 May 1898
| birth_place = [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]
| birth_place = [[The Hague]], Netherlands
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| occupation = [[poet]], [[writer]]
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'''Josephus Carel Franciscus (Jef) Last''' ([[The Hague]], 2 May 1898 – [[Laren]], 15 February 1972) was a [[Netherland|Dutch]] poet and writer.<ref>This article is based on the [[:nl:Jef Last|Dutch version]]</ref>
'''Josephus Carel Franciscus (Jef) Last''' ([[The Hague]], 2 May 1898 – [[Laren]], 15 February 1972) was a [[Netherland|Dutch]] poet and writer.<ref>This article is based on the [[:nl:Jef Last|Dutch version]]</ref>


Jef Last was a writer and socially compassionate man. He had a [[Catholic]] background. However, he was very young member of the [[Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands)|SDAP]] and the "AJC". These principles, he could not practice as an assistant manager of the [[AkzoNobel|Enka]] in [[Ede, Netherlands|Ede]], and eventually he resigned.<ref name="iisg">{{nl}} [http://www.iisg.nl/bwsa/bios/last.html Biografisch Woordenboek van het Socialisme en de Arbeidersbeweging in Nederland - Jef Last]</ref>
Jef Last was a writer and socially compassionate man. He had a [[Catholic]] background. However, he was very young member of the [[Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands)|SDAP]] and the "AJC". These principles, he could not practice as an assistant manager of the [[AkzoNobel|Enka]] in [[Ede, Netherlands|Ede]], and eventually he resigned.<ref name="iisg">{{nl}} [http://www.iisg.nl/bwsa/bios/last.html Biografisch Woordenboek van het Socialisme en de Arbeidersbeweging in Nederland – Jef Last]</ref>


He left the revisionist [[social democracy]] to become a member of [[Henk Sneevliet]]s ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Revolutionair Socialistische Partij]]). With his revolutionary friend [[André Gide]], he traveled in the summer of 1936 to the [[Soviet Union]]. The pair was well received, but saw through the organized tribute and returned to the west disillusioned. Much later Last wrote a book about his friendship with Gide.<ref name="iisg" />
He left the revisionist [[social democracy]] to become a member of [[Henk Sneevliet]]s ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Revolutionair Socialistische Partij]]). With his revolutionary friend [[André Gide]], he traveled in the summer of 1936 to the [[Soviet Union]]. The pair was well received, but saw through the organized tribute and returned to the west disillusioned. Much later Last wrote a book about his friendship with Gide.<ref name="iisg" />
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He last fought in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in the [[International Brigades]], which was on the side of the [[Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republic]]. As a result he lost his [[Dutch citizenship]] for military service for a foreign power. Shortly after the [[Second World War]], his citizenship was returned.<ref name="iisg" />
He last fought in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in the [[International Brigades]], which was on the side of the [[Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republic]]. As a result he lost his [[Dutch citizenship]] for military service for a foreign power. Shortly after the [[Second World War]], his citizenship was returned.<ref name="iisg" />


From 1950 to 1953, he lived in Indonesia, particularly in [[Singaraja]] ([[Bali]]), where he worked as a teacher at a secondary school. He was friends with [[president]] [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]].<ref name="iisg" />
From 1950 to 1953, he lived in Indonesia, particularly in [[Singaraja]] ([[Bali]]), where he worked as a teacher at a secondary school. He was friends with president [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]].<ref name="iisg" />


==Family==
==Family==
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== Work ==
== Work ==
*1926 - ''Bakboordslichten'' (poetry)
*1926 – ''Bakboordslichten'' (poetry)
*1930 - ''Branding''
*1930 – ''Branding''
*1930 - ''Kameraden!'' (poetry)
*1930 – ''Kameraden!'' (poetry)
*1930 - ''Marianne''
*1930 – ''Marianne''
*1932 - ''Liefde in de portieken''
*1932 – ''Liefde in de portieken''
*1932 - ''Verleden tijd'' (poetry)
*1932 – ''Verleden tijd'' (poetry)
*1933 - ''Onder de koperen ploert''
*1933 – ''Onder de koperen ploert''
*1933 - ''Partij remise''
*1933 – ''Partij remise''
*1933 - ''Twee werelden'' (poetry)
*1933 – ''Twee werelden'' (poetry)
*1933 - ''De vlucht van den opstandeling''
*1933 – ''De vlucht van den opstandeling''
*1934 - ''Zuiderzee''
*1934 – ''Zuiderzee''
*1935 - ''Een huis zonder vensters''
*1935 – ''Een huis zonder vensters''
*1935 - ''Voor de mast''
*1935 – ''Voor de mast''
*1936 - ''Brieven uit Spanje''
*1936 – ''Brieven uit Spanje''
*1936 - ''De bevrijde Eros. Een ketter in moorenland en andere gedichten'' (poetry)
*1936 – ''De bevrijde Eros. Een ketter in moorenland en andere gedichten'' (poetry)
*1936 - ''Een flirt met den duivel''
*1936 – ''Een flirt met den duivel''
*1937 - ''Bloedkoraal'' (poetry)
*1937 – ''Bloedkoraal'' (poetry)
*1937 - ''In de loopgraven voor Madrid''
*1937 – ''In de loopgraven voor Madrid''
*1937 - ''De Spaansche tragedie'' ([[The Spanish tragedy]]/[[Spanish Front. Writers on the Civil War]])
*1937 – ''De Spaansche tragedie'' ([[The Spanish tragedy]]/[[Spanish Front. Writers on the Civil War]])
*1938 - ''De laatste waarheid''
*1938 – ''De laatste waarheid''
*1939 - ''Kruisgang der jeugd''; with [[Harry Wilde]]
*1939 – ''Kruisgang der jeugd''; with [[Harry Wilde]]
*1939 - ''De vliegende Hollander''
*1939 – ''De vliegende Hollander''
*1940 - ''Kinderen van de middernachtzon''
*1940 – ''Kinderen van de middernachtzon''
*1940 - ''Onvoldoende voor de liefde''
*1940 – ''Onvoldoende voor de liefde''
*1941 - ''Van een jongen die een man werd'' part I and II (youth work in 1919, at the time not published)
*1941 – ''Van een jongen die een man werd'' part I and II (youth work in 1919, at the time not published)
*1941 - ''Elfstedentocht''
*1941 – ''Elfstedentocht''
*1942 - ''Leeghwater maalt de meren leeg''
*1942 – ''Leeghwater maalt de meren leeg''
*1944 - ''Tau Kho Tau'' (poetry)
*1944 – ''Tau Kho Tau'' (poetry)
*1945 - ''Een socialistische renaissance''
*1945 – ''Een socialistische renaissance''
*1945 - ''Het eerste schip op de Newa'' ([[The first ship up the Neva]])
*1945 – ''Het eerste schip op de Newa'' ([[The first ship up the Neva]])
*1946 - ''Oog in oog'' (poetry)
*1946 – ''Oog in oog'' (poetry)
*1947 - ''Vingers van de linkerhand''
*1947 – ''Vingers van de linkerhand''
*1949 - ''In de zevende hemel''
*1949 – ''In de zevende hemel''
*1950 - ''Schuim op de kust''
*1950 – ''Schuim op de kust''
*1951 - ''De rode en de witte lotus''
*1951 – ''De rode en de witte lotus''
*1955 - ''Bali in de kentering''
*1955 – ''Bali in de kentering''
*1956 - ''Zo zag ik Indonesië''
*1956 – ''Zo zag ik Indonesië''
*1957 - ''Een lotje uit de loterij''
*1957 – ''Een lotje uit de loterij''
*1958 - ''I Bontot en I Koese. De avonturen van twee Balische jongens''; with [[Udeyana Pandji Tisna]] ([[The John Day Company]])
*1958 – ''I Bontot en I Koese. De avonturen van twee Balische jongens''; with [[Udeyana Pandji Tisna]] ([[The John Day Company]])
*1959 - ''Lu Hsün. Dichter und Idol''
*1959 – ''Lu Hsün. Dichter und Idol''
*1960 - ''Japan in kimono en overall''
*1960 – ''Japan in kimono en overall''
*1960 - ''Tegen de draad'' (poetry)
*1960 – ''Tegen de draad'' (poetry)
*1960 - ''Vloog een bloesem terug naar haar tak''
*1960 – ''Vloog een bloesem terug naar haar tak''
*1962 - ''De Spaanse tragedie''
*1962 – ''De Spaanse tragedie''
*1962 - ''Golven der Gele Rivier''
*1962 – ''Golven der Gele Rivier''
*1962 - ''De jeugd van Judas'' ([[The boyhood of Judas]]; in: The fifth Acolyte Reader, Meppel 1991)
*1962 – ''De jeugd van Judas'' ([[The boyhood of Judas]]; in: The fifth Acolyte Reader, Meppel 1991)
*1965 - ''China, land van de eeuwige omwenteling''
*1965 – ''China, land van de eeuwige omwenteling''
*1966 - ''De tweede dageraad van Japan''
*1966 – ''De tweede dageraad van Japan''
*1966 - ''Mijn vriend André Gide''
*1966 – ''Mijn vriend André Gide''
*1967 - ''Rinus van der Lubbe, doodstraf voor een provo'' (edited reissue of ''Kruisgang der jeugd'')
*1967 – ''Rinus van der Lubbe, doodstraf voor een provo'' (edited reissue of ''Kruisgang der jeugd'')
*1968 - ''Strijd, handel en zeeroverij. De Hollandse tijd op Formosa''
*1968 – ''Strijd, handel en zeeroverij. De Hollandse tijd op Formosa''
*1970 - ''Vuurwerk achter de Chinese muur''
*1970 – ''Vuurwerk achter de Chinese muur''
*1972 - ''Tjoebek in het tijgerbos'' (children's book)
*1972 – ''Tjoebek in het tijgerbos'' (children's book)
*1973 - ''De zeven Caramboles''; under pseudonym Co Mantjens, second edition with subtitel: ''De postume pornoroman van Jef Last''
*1973 – ''De zeven Caramboles''; under pseudonym Co Mantjens, second edition with subtitel: ''De postume pornoroman van Jef Last''
<ref>{{nl}} [http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=last001 Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren - Jef Last]</ref><ref>only books with an English translation are linked</ref>
<ref>{{nl}} [http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=last001 Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren – Jef Last]</ref><ref>only books with an English translation are linked</ref>


==References==
==References==
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch writer
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch writer
| DATE OF BIRTH = 2 May 1898
| DATE OF BIRTH = 2 May 1898
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[The Hague]], Netherlands
| DATE OF DEATH = 15 February 1972
| DATE OF DEATH = 15 February 1972
| PLACE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =

Revision as of 08:38, 2 March 2014

Jef Last
Born2 May 1898
The Hague, Netherlands
OccupationPoet, writer
NationalityNetherlands
Website
http://www.jeflast.nl

Josephus Carel Franciscus (Jef) Last (The Hague, 2 May 1898 – Laren, 15 February 1972) was a Dutch poet and writer.[1]

Jef Last was a writer and socially compassionate man. He had a Catholic background. However, he was very young member of the SDAP and the "AJC". These principles, he could not practice as an assistant manager of the Enka in Ede, and eventually he resigned.[2]

He left the revisionist social democracy to become a member of Henk Sneevliets (Revolutionair Socialistische Partij). With his revolutionary friend André Gide, he traveled in the summer of 1936 to the Soviet Union. The pair was well received, but saw through the organized tribute and returned to the west disillusioned. Much later Last wrote a book about his friendship with Gide.[2]

He last fought in the Spanish Civil War in the International Brigades, which was on the side of the Spanish Republic. As a result he lost his Dutch citizenship for military service for a foreign power. Shortly after the Second World War, his citizenship was returned.[2]

From 1950 to 1953, he lived in Indonesia, particularly in Singaraja (Bali), where he worked as a teacher at a secondary school. He was friends with president Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta.[2]

Family

He was married to Ida ter Haar from 1923, whom he divorced and later re-married. They had three daughters. Jef was bisexual. He was co-founder of the homosexual emancipation Shakespeare Club, the forerunner of the COC.[2]

The last years of his life were spent in the Rosa Spier Huis in Laren. After his death, his body was made available to science.[2]

Work

  • 1926 – Bakboordslichten (poetry)
  • 1930 – Branding
  • 1930 – Kameraden! (poetry)
  • 1930 – Marianne
  • 1932 – Liefde in de portieken
  • 1932 – Verleden tijd (poetry)
  • 1933 – Onder de koperen ploert
  • 1933 – Partij remise
  • 1933 – Twee werelden (poetry)
  • 1933 – De vlucht van den opstandeling
  • 1934 – Zuiderzee
  • 1935 – Een huis zonder vensters
  • 1935 – Voor de mast
  • 1936 – Brieven uit Spanje
  • 1936 – De bevrijde Eros. Een ketter in moorenland en andere gedichten (poetry)
  • 1936 – Een flirt met den duivel
  • 1937 – Bloedkoraal (poetry)
  • 1937 – In de loopgraven voor Madrid
  • 1937 – De Spaansche tragedie (The Spanish tragedy/Spanish Front. Writers on the Civil War)
  • 1938 – De laatste waarheid
  • 1939 – Kruisgang der jeugd; with Harry Wilde
  • 1939 – De vliegende Hollander
  • 1940 – Kinderen van de middernachtzon
  • 1940 – Onvoldoende voor de liefde
  • 1941 – Van een jongen die een man werd part I and II (youth work in 1919, at the time not published)
  • 1941 – Elfstedentocht
  • 1942 – Leeghwater maalt de meren leeg
  • 1944 – Tau Kho Tau (poetry)
  • 1945 – Een socialistische renaissance
  • 1945 – Het eerste schip op de Newa (The first ship up the Neva)
  • 1946 – Oog in oog (poetry)
  • 1947 – Vingers van de linkerhand
  • 1949 – In de zevende hemel
  • 1950 – Schuim op de kust
  • 1951 – De rode en de witte lotus
  • 1955 – Bali in de kentering
  • 1956 – Zo zag ik Indonesië
  • 1957 – Een lotje uit de loterij
  • 1958 – I Bontot en I Koese. De avonturen van twee Balische jongens; with Udeyana Pandji Tisna (The John Day Company)
  • 1959 – Lu Hsün. Dichter und Idol
  • 1960 – Japan in kimono en overall
  • 1960 – Tegen de draad (poetry)
  • 1960 – Vloog een bloesem terug naar haar tak
  • 1962 – De Spaanse tragedie
  • 1962 – Golven der Gele Rivier
  • 1962 – De jeugd van Judas (The boyhood of Judas; in: The fifth Acolyte Reader, Meppel 1991)
  • 1965 – China, land van de eeuwige omwenteling
  • 1966 – De tweede dageraad van Japan
  • 1966 – Mijn vriend André Gide
  • 1967 – Rinus van der Lubbe, doodstraf voor een provo (edited reissue of Kruisgang der jeugd)
  • 1968 – Strijd, handel en zeeroverij. De Hollandse tijd op Formosa
  • 1970 – Vuurwerk achter de Chinese muur
  • 1972 – Tjoebek in het tijgerbos (children's book)
  • 1973 – De zeven Caramboles; under pseudonym Co Mantjens, second edition with subtitel: De postume pornoroman van Jef Last

[3][4]

References

  1. ^ This article is based on the Dutch version
  2. ^ a b c d e f Template:Nl Biografisch Woordenboek van het Socialisme en de Arbeidersbeweging in Nederland – Jef Last
  3. ^ Template:Nl Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren – Jef Last
  4. ^ only books with an English translation are linked

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