C. Louis Leipoldt | |
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![]() 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 |
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 |
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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]