C. Louis Leipoldt Biography | Poet

Dr. Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt (28 December 1880 – 12 April 1947) was a South African poet, who wrote in the Afrikaans language. Together with Jan F. E. Celliers and J. D. du Toit (published as Totius ), he was one of the leading figures in the poetry of the Second Afrikaans Movement. Apart from poetry, Louis Leipoldt (Loo-ee LAY-polt) wrote novels, plays, stories, children's books, cookbooks and a travel diary. He is numbered amongst the greatest of the Afrikaner poets and he was described by D. J. Opperman, himself a noted South African poet, as "our most versatile artist".