N. P. van Wyk Louw Biography | Poet

Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw (11 June 1906 in Sutherland, formerly Cape Province, now Northern Cape Province in South Africa – 18 June 1970 in Johannesburg ), almost universally known as N.P. van Wyk Louw, was an Afrikaans -language poet, playwright, and scholar. He is the older brother of Afrikaans-language poet W.E.G. Louw .