N. P. van Wyk Louw
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Born | W.E.G. Louw | 11 June 1906
Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw (11 June 1906 in
One of the Dertigers, or "Writers of the Thirties," N.P. van Wyk Louw produced among his most famous works his debut 1935 volume of poems, Alleenspraak ("Monologue"), the 1937 poetry collection Die halwe kring ("The Semicircle"), the verse epic Raka, and the 1956 tragedy Germanicus.[1]
N.P. van Wyk Louw is quoted on the
The South African composer Cromwell Everson composed a song cycle, "Vier Liefdesliedjies" ("Four little love songs") that used three of Louw's poems: "Nagliedje", "Net altyd jy" and "Dennebosse" (respectively, "Little night song", "Only always you" and "Pine forest").
A collection of the correspondence between N.P. van Wyk and his brother
Life
The second of four brothers, N.P. van Wyk Louw moved to
Criticism
References
- ^ Lindenberg, E., et al. "Inleiding tot die Afrikaanse Letterkunde". Pretoria and Cape Town: Fifth edition, 1980.