Van Wyk Louw-'n Lewensverhaal (Afrikaans Edition) by Steyn, J.C.

Used - Very Good+. This books are in very good condition. The Dust Jackets have some very limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This books has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The Slipcase has some edge and handling related wear but is still in a good condition. 

Soon after his bestselling Raka was published in 1941, N P van Wyk Louw (1906-1970) was acknowledged as one of South Africa's leading poets in Afrikaans. And this again soon changed to "The leading living Afrikaans poet".

• Steyn's massive biography is one of the best in Afrikaans, according to publisher and writer J J Human. Steyn's other books include a biography of Piet Cillie, the best-known editor of Die Burger, and, in 2008, a collection to mark the centenary of another leading Afrikaans writer, known by her initials as M E R[othman].

• Indringend skryf J.C. Steyn oor Louw as kind op Sutherland; as opvoedkundige in Kaapstad, Amsterdam en Johannesburg; as skrywer, letterkundige, filosoof, kultuurleier; as minnaar en eggenoot. Steyn verbind Louw se lewensbesonderhede met sy omvangryke en geskakeerde letterkundige en filosofiese werk, skets die ontstaangeskiedenisse, gee besprekings, toon aan hoe dit krities ontvang is.

  Talle voorheen ongepubliseerde artikels, toesprake, onvoltooide tekste en radiopraatjies word ingesluit, naas Louw en andere se briewe, aantekeninge en dagboekinskrywings.