N. P. van Wyk Louw
South African writer
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contribution to Afrikaans literature
- In South African literature: In Afrikaans
…followed by his elder brother, N.P. van Wyk Louw, the principal creative artist and theoretician of the new movement. Van Wyk Louw achieved mastery in every form, writing the finest odes, sonnets, modern ballads, and love lyrics in Afrikaans. His dramatic monologue “Die Hond van God” (1942; “The Hound of…
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