C. Louis Leipoldt

C. Louis Leipoldt FRCS
Leipoldt c. 1915
Born	Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt Worcester, Cape Colony
Died	Cape Town
Resting place	Pakhuis Pass, Clanwilliam 32°08′11″S 18°59′57″E / 32.13637°S 18.999300°E / -32.13637; 18.999300
Pen name	Pheidippides, Africanus, CLL, FWB, FW Bancombe, FW Baxter, FW Baxcombe, GMK and KAR Bonade
Language	Afrikaans, English
Nationality	South African
Education	London Conjoint (M.R.eS., L.R.C.P.), Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS)
Alma mater	Guy's hospital
Literary movement	Second Afrikaans Movement
Notable awards	Hertzog Prize for Poetry 1934 SkoonheidsTroos Hertzog Prize for Drama 1944 Die heks and Die laaste aand
Children	Jeffery Barnet Leipoldt (Adopted)

Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt (/ˈlaɪpɒlt/ 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".^[1]