Section

Poets in the News

Poet Name

Leipoldt, C. Louis 'Christian Frederik Louis'

Given Name

C. Louis

Last Name

Leipoldt

Date of Birth

28 December 1880

Biography

Born in 1880, C. Louis Leipoldt was a South African poet, doctor, reporter, and food expert. Alongside Jan Celliers, he was one of the leading writers in the poetry of the Second Afrikaans Movement. Leipoldt wrote nature poetry considering the landscapes of South Africa, especially Hantam. Much of his poetry was also inspired by the suffering of the Second Boer War.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Louis_Leipoldt>

News Items

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Works

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Close Relationships

Abrahams, Peter

Brink, André Philippus

Biko, Bantu Stephen 'Steve'

Smith, Pauline Janet

Bosman, Herman Charles

Schuitema, Barend

Lessing, Doris

Morton, Do

Woods, Donald James

Schreiner, Olive

Louw, W. E. G.

van den Heever, C. M.

Smit, Hettie

FitzPatrick, James Percy

van Bruggen, Jochem

Jacobson, Dan

Millin, Sarah Gertrude

Gordimer, Nadine

Breytenbach, Breyten

Eybers, Elisabeth Françoise

Delius, Anthony 'Ronald St. Martin'

van den Heever, Toon

Blum, Peter

Opperman, Diederik Johannes 'D. J.'

Marais, Eugène Nielen

Plomer, William

Watermeyer, Gottfried Andreas 'G. A.'

Butler, Guy

Pringle, Thomas

Pretorius, S. J. 'Sarel Jacob'

Madge, Charles Henry

Currey, Ralph Nixon 'R. N.'

Paton, Alan

Vanwyk Louw, Nicholaas Petrus

Wright, David

Campbell, Roy

Rousseau, Ina

Philander, P. J. 'Peter John'

Krige, Uys

van Heerden, Ernst

MacNab, Roy

Celliers, Jan

Slater, Francis Carey 'F. C.'

Place of Birth

South Africa, Worcester

Spatial Coverage

Worcester

Region

Southern Africa

Type

Poets in the News