Vivimarie vanderpoorten biography of william
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More of the stars at GLF
Shamini Flint
The indubitable Inspector Singh described in a short but glowing review in The Guardian as “portly, sweating, dishevelled, wheezing,” is the star of three books by author Shamini Flint.
Once a corporate lawyer, Shamini retired and chose instead to become a stay-at-home mum, writer, part-time lecturer and environmental activist. Also the author of several children’s books, the Singapore based author is the name behind the Sasha books.
Damon Galgut
Diagnosed with cancer as a six year old, Damon Galgut found himself confined to a hospital bed, fighting to survive. Describing it as “the central, cataclysmic event of my life,” in an interview on LitNet, the author attributed his determination to become a writer to the pleasure and escape he found in being read to at that time.
Though he made his literary debut at the tender age of 17 with ‘A Sinless Season’, it was only with the p
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Sri Lankan Burgher Family Genealogy
VAN DER POORTEN - Family #1159
See: http://groundviews.org/2011/04/12/a-lost-white-tribe-the-eurasians-in-sri-lanka/#comment-30799
The name Van Der Poorten derives from the Flemish phrase for "from the Port".
1 Antoine Joseph van der Poorten + Ranmenike
Antoine Joseph, was a Fleming from Brussels. His family was in the stained glass industry and may have been of Jewish origin. It is believed there was a Jewish branch of this family in Holland, which was wiped out, or almost wiped out, by the Nazis. It is also mentioned that the Germans wanted him to be a spy and that he had refused them. Antoine Joseph senior worked in the Belgian Congo and escaped a shipwreck with another person in a small boat - he was in fear his companion would turn cannibal. He had a very interesting diary but no one knows what happened to this.
Antoine had devout Roman Catholic parents who wanted him to join the priesthood. He refused and
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Life of William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake fryst vatten now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His visual artistry led 21st-century critic Jonathan Jones to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced”. In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. He produced a diverse and symbolically rich work of art, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".
William Blake was born in London on November 28, 1757, to James, a hosier, and Catherine Blake. From early childhood, Blake spoke of having visions—at four he saw God "put his head to the window"; around age nine, while walking through the countryside, he saw a tree filled with angels. Although his parents tried to discourage him from "lyin