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Josephus Carel Franciscus Last

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Death: February 15, 1972 (73)
Laren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Immediate Family:

Son of Carel Christiaan Anthonij Last and Helena Johanna Maria Verstijnen
Ex-husband of Ida ter Haar
Father of Femke Last; Anki Last and Mieke Last
Brother of Catharina Elisabeth Tjallina Last

Occupation: Fabrieksassistent, Dichter, Schrijver
Managed by: Dimitri Gazan
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About Jef Last

Jef Last scheidde van zijn vrouw Ida vanwege zijn situatie in de oorlogsjaren. Hij zat namelijk in het verzet bij De Vonk en de Duitsers zaten hem op de hielen. Hij wilde haar daarmee niet in de problemen brengen. In 1946 hertrouwde hij weer met haar maar had daarnaast ook veel kortstondige homo contacten en was vaak afwezig zoals hij ook enige tijd in Indonesie was.


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

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". With these principles, he could not practice as an assistant manager of the Enka in Ede, and eventually he resigned.

He left the revisionist social democracy to become a member of Henk Sneevliet's Revolutionary Socialist Party. 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.

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 because of military service for a foreign power. Shortly after the Second World War, his citizenship was returned.

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.

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Jef Last's Timeline

1898
May 2, 1898
Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
1923
October 23, 1923
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
1925
December 6, 1925
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands)
1927
July 26, 1927
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands)
1972
February 15, 1972
Age 73
Laren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands