Milo Anstadt
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Samuel Marek (Milo) Anstadt (born July 10, 1920 in Lwów) is a Dutch Jewish writer.
[edit] Biography
He lived in Lwów until 1930, after which he with his parents and sister Sera emigrated to Canada.[1] In Canada, he completed primary school but did not go to secondary school.[2]
When Anstadt was fourteen years old, he worked for the Transformatorfabriek Besra in Amsterdam, where he received mentoring and was helped to become more spiritually developed. Later, he received a masters degree in law from the University of Amsterdam, specializing in criminology.
In 1941, he married Lydia Bleiberg, and they had a daughter in March of 1942. However, their daughter was sent to a foster family in Beverwijk.
From 1945 to 1950, he was an editor for the magazine Vrij Nederland. Next, he worked as a journalist with the Dutch Radio Union, and wrote the spoken parts of 1955 documentary programs for television such as In, Televisierechtbank, Spiegel der Kunsten ("Mirror of Arts") and Bezetting ("Occupation"). For the latter two, he received the 1960 Television Award of the Prince Bernhard Foundation. In 1960, he received the request from Wereldvenster Publishing to write a book about Poland. It was published in 1962 under the title Polen, land, volk, cultuur.
As an employee of NRC Handelsblad, Anstadt wrote a large number of opinion articles. In 1994, he was appointed as a knight in the Order of Orange Nassau.
[edit] Works
Anstadt's works include Sindsdien verschenen Op zoek naar een mentaliteit, Met de rede der wanhoop, Kind in Polen, Polen en Joden, Jonge jaren, De verdachte oorboog, Servië en het westen and En de romans De opdracht. His novels include Niets gaat voorbij and De wankele rechtsgang van Albert Kranenburg.
