W.E.G. Louw

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W.E.G. Louw was an influential Afrikaans poet and literary figure associated with the Dertigers movement in South African literature.

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instanceOf Afrikaans poet
academic
literary critic
person
associatedWith Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns
surface form: South African Academy for Science and Arts
awardReceived Hertzog Prize for Poetry
citizenship South Africa
countryOfBirth South Africa
dateOfBirth 1909-05-31
dateOfDeath 1980-04-24
educatedAt University of Amsterdam
University of Cape Town
employer University of Cape Town
era 20th-century literature
familyName Louw
fieldOfWork Afrikaans literature
literary criticism
fullName William Ewart Gladstone Louw
gender male
genre love poetry
lyric poetry
religious poetry
givenName Ewart
Gladstone
William
hasWritingStyle introspective
philosophical
influenced later Afrikaans poets
influencedBy European modernist poetry
languageOfWork Afrikaans
literaryMovement Dertigers
movement Afrikaans modernism
Dertigers
nationality South African
nativeLanguage Afrikaans
notableFor renewal of Afrikaans poetry in the 1930s
notableWork Die ryke dwaas
Maskers van die erns
occupation literary theorist
poet
university professor
placeOfBirth Sutherland, Cape Colony
placeOfDeath Cape Town
surface form: Cape Town, South Africa
positionHeld professor of Afrikaans and Dutch
religion Christianity
sibling N. P. van Wyk Louw
surface form: N.P. van Wyk Louw
spouse Philippina (Phil) Louw

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Louw hasNotableBearer W.E.G. Louw