N. P. van Wyk Louw

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essayist human literary theorist playwright poet university teacher

N. P. van Wyk Louw was a prominent 20th-century Afrikaans poet, playwright, and essayist whose work profoundly shaped modern Afrikaans literature and intellectual life.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essayist → human → literary theorist → playwright → poet → university teacher →
awardReceived	Hertzog Prize for Drama → Hertzog Prize for Poetry →
birthName	Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw →
citizenship	South Africa →
countryOfBirth	South Africa →
countryOfCitizenship	South Africa →
countryOfDeath	South Africa →
dateOfBirth	1906-06-11 →
dateOfDeath	1970-06-18 →
educatedAt	University of Cape Town →
employer	University of Amsterdam → University of Cape Town →
familyName	Louw →
fieldOfWork	Afrikaans literature → literary criticism → philosophy of culture →
genre	drama → essay → poetry →
givenName	Nicolaas → Pieter →
influenced	Afrikaans intellectual life → Afrikaans literature →
movement	Dertigers →
nationality	South African →
nativeLanguage	Afrikaans →
notableWork	Alleenspraak → Berigte te velde → Die halwe kring → Germanicus → Gestaltes en diere → Lojale verset → Raka →
occupation	essayist → playwright → poet → professor →
placeOfBirth	Sutherland →
placeOfDeath	Johannesburg →
religion	Calvinism →
sibling	W. E. G. Louw →
spouse	Truida Pohl →
writingLanguage	Afrikaans →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alleenspraak → Berigte te velde → Germanicus → Raka →	author
Berigte te velde → Germanicus →	hasAuthor
Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw →	alsoKnownAs
Germanicus ("Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw") →	authorFullName
N. P. van Wyk Louw ("Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw") →	birthName
Berigte te velde →	creator
Pieter →	givenNameOf
Alleenspraak →	hasCreator
Dertigers →	hasMember
Louw ("N.P. van Wyk Louw") →	hasNotableBearer
Pieter ("Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw") →	isFirstNameOf
Pieter →	isMiddleNameOrComponentOf
Afrikaners →	notableCulturalFigure
Alleenspraak →	notableWorkOf
N. P. van Wyk Louw ("W. E. G. Louw") →	sibling
Truida Pohl →	spouse