Hans Larive, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Larive

Dutch naval officer

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1915

Place of Birth: Singapore

Date of Death: 28-Dec-1984

Profession: writer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Etienne Henri "Hans" Larive, MWO, DSC and bar, (23 September 1915 – 28 December 1984) was a Dutch naval officer during World War II.
He escaped from the prisoner of war camp Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle in 1941, and spent the rest of the war in England serving aboard Motor Torpedo Boats.
He later wrote his memoir Vannacht varen de Hollanders (1950), which was republished translated into English as The Man Who Came in From Colditz (1975) – a pun on the best-selling novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.