Leipoldt, C. Louis 1880-1947
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Name (Latin)
Leipoldt, C. Louis 1880-1947
Other forms of name
Leipoldt, Louis, 1880-1947
Leipoldt, Christiaan Louis, 1880-1947
Pheidippides, 1880-1947
Date of birth
1880-12-28
Date of death
1947-04-12
Place of birth
Worcester (South Africa)
Place of death
Cape Town (South Africa)
Occupation
Authors, Afrikaans
Authors, English
Authors
Associated Language
afreng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Christian Frederik Louis
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Jan van Riebeeck ... 1936.
- The ballad of Dick King, 1949:t.p. (Pheidippides (C. Louis Leipoldt)) [info. fr. CtY]
- Dr. Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt (28 December 1880 - 12 April 1947) was a South African poet. Apart from poetry, Louis Leipoldt wrote novels, plays, stories, children's books, cookbooks and a travel diary. Born in Worcester in the Cape Province; died in Cape Town ( (Wikipedia site, Nov. 14, 2013) )
- His Jan van Riebeeck ... 1936.
- His The ballad of Dick King, 1949:t.p. (Pheidippides (C. Louis Leipoldt)) [info. fr. CtY]
- Biographical note, p. ix, of Valley (2001) : "Very often his books and poems were written in English and translated, by him, into Afrikaans before being published in the latter language."
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Wikipedia description:
Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt ( LY-polt; 28 December 1880 – 12 April 1947), usually referred to as C. Louis Leipoldt, was a South African poet, dramatist, medical doctor, reporter and food expert. Together with Jan F. E. Celliers and J. D. du Toit, he was one of the leading figures in the poetry of the Second Afrikaans Movement. Apart from poetry, Leipoldt wrote novels, plays, stories, children's books, cookbooks and a travel diary. He is numbered amongst the greatest of the Afrikaner poets and was described by D. J. Opperman, himself a noted South African poet, as "our most versatile artist".
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