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Lars van Rome was born in 1950. From an early age he
was influenced by the creative environment of his parents,
who worked in education. In 1968 he began studying to
become an art and history teacher, but dropped out at the
end of 1969 to pursue more creative pursuits. He wrote
his first poems, which were published in 2011. In 1970 he
transferred to the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, where
he intensified his passion for art. In 1971/72 Lars van Rome
undertook extensive travels throughout Europe. In 1973 and
1974 he found himself in India and crossed the Middle East
and Afghanistan three times with a sleeping bag and a oneman
tent. In the Himalayas, not far from the Tibetan border,
he settled in a mountain hut for many months. A formative
experience for him was a meeting with Lama Govinda, his
role model and the author of the bestseller The Way of the
White Clouds.
After a short period of military service and subsequent
civilian service, Lars van Rome married in October 1977. The
marriage ended tragically in 1979 with the death of his first
wife. But fate gave him another great love: Gila, his second
wife, with whom he spent 45 happy years until her sudden
death in October 2024.
Since then Lars has been struggling with a deep crisis of
meaning and purpose in his life: severely disabled and
plagued by severe depression, he now lives alone with his
faithful dog Artus.
About the author
Lars van Rome was born in 1950. From an early age, he was influenced by the creative environment of his parents, who worked in education. In 1968, he began studying to become an art and history teacher, but dropped out at the end of 1969 to pursue more creative pursuits. He wrote his first poems, which were published in 2011. In 1970, he transferred to the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, where he intensified his passion for art. In 1971/72, Lars van Rome undertook extensive travels throughout Europe. In 1973 and 1974, he found himself in India and crossed the Middle East and Afghanistan three times with a sleeping bag and a one-man tent. In the Himalayas, not far from the Tibetan border, he settled in a mountain hut for many months. A formative experience for him was a meeting with Lama Govinda, his role model and the author of the bestseller "The Way of the White Clouds."
After a short period of military service and subsequent civilian service, Lars van Rome married in October 1977. The marriage ended tragically in 1979 with the death of his first wife. But fate gave him another great love, Gila, his second wife, with whom he spent 45 happy years until her sudden death in October 2024.
Since then, Lars has been struggling with a deep crisis of meaning and purpose in his life: severely disabled and plagued by severe depression, he now lives alone with his faithful dog Artus.
