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Louw, N. P. van Wyk (Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk), 1906-1970

LC control no.n 79066068
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPT6590.L59
Personal name headingLouw, N. P. van Wyk (Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk), 1906-1970
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Variant(s)Louw, Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk, 1906-1970
Van Wyk Louw, N. P. (Nicolaas Petrus), 1906-1970
Van Wyk Louw, Nicolaas Petrus, 1906-1970
Wyk Louw, N. P. van (Nicolaas Petrus van), 1906-1970
Associated countrySouth Africa
Associated placeNetherlands
Birth date1906-06-11
Death date1970-06-18
Place of birthSutherland (Northern Cape, South Africa)
Place of deathJohannesburg (South Africa)
Field of activityAfrikaans language--Study and teaching Afrikaans literature
AffiliationUniversity of Cape Town Universiteit van Amsterdam University of the Witwatersrand
Profession or occupationPoets Dramatists Language teachers
Found inBerigte te velde ... 1939.
SANB, 20 Jan. 1999 (hdg.: Louw, N. P. van Wyk (Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk), 1906-1970)
Info. from UNISA, 20 Jan. 1999 (Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw; "van Wyk" is part of forename)
Wikipedia, Feb. 20, 2018 (N. P. van Wyk Louw; Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw, almost universally known as N.P. van Wyk Louw; Afrikaans-language poet, playwright and scholar; older brother of poet W.E.G. Louw; born 11 June 1906 in Sutherland, formerly Cape Province, now Northern Cape Province, South Africa; died 18 June 1970, Johannesburg; master's in German, University of Cape Town, where he later taught; honorary degree 1948, University of Utrecht; professor of Afrikaans at University of Amsterdam 1949-1958; ended his academic career at the University of Witwatersrand as head of the Dutch/Afrikaans department)
Associated languageafr