theme to write the last in the series, The Peculiar People, in 1992. That was followed by his last fully-completed novel, The Outer Buoy: A Story of the Ultimate Voyage in 1994, which was once again a Martinus Harinxma novel that expressed quite clearly Jan de Hartog's own fascination with becoming old, the inner explorations of the mind, and perhaps even a desire to rest. In 1996, Jan de Hartog was chosen to be honored as the annual "Special Guest" at the Netherlands Film Festival. Six years later, in 2002, Jan de Hartog died at the age of 88. Appropriately, his ashes were taken to sea on an ocean-going tugboat, the SMITWIJS SINGAPORE, and were scattered on the surface of the sea at position 52.02.5 N – 04.05.0 E at 13.10 hrs LT by his wife, Marjorie, and his son, Nick, while other family members spread flowers at the site. A few years later, Marjorie de Hartog decided to collate and to edit a short story that her husband had been working on some time ago in the hope of releasing it in his memory. A View of the Ocean was published in 2007, and was the story, in essence, of Jan's own mother's death, which reveals his first contact with Quakers. Media Jan de Hartog wrote many of his plays, books, and magazine articles in Dutch. Some of his plays and books were adapted as movies. It is the intent of this section to document those of his works that were published in English (including some translated from the original Dutch versions by other parties). Books Fiction (also published as Stella and The Key) The Inspector (1960) The Artist (1963) The Peaceable Kingdom: An American Saga (1971) The Trail of the Serpent Star of Peace (1983) Het Helig Experiment (1983) The Centurion: A Novel (1989) The Peculiar People (1992) The Flight of the Henny The Call of the Sea Stories appearing in Reader's Digest Condensed Books See also Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Mission to Borneo in Volume 30 - Summer 1957 Duel with a Witch Doctor in Volume 31 - Autumn 1957 Non-fiction (released posthumously) Adaptations of his works Movies The Four Poster (1952) - 1hr 43min — Directed by Irving G. Reis Based on the play The Fourposter. Won Venice International Film Festival — Volpi Cup for Best Actress (Lilli Palmer) Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best