# C. Louis Leipoldt

> Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt, usually referred to as C. Louis Leipoldt, was a South African poet, dramatist, medical doctor, reporter and food expert. Together with Jan F. E. Celliers and J. D. du Toit, he was one of the leading figures in the poetry of the Second Afrikaans Movement. Apart from poetry, Leipoldt wrote novels, plays, stories, children's books, cookbooks and a travel diary. He is numbered amongst the greatest of the Afrikaner poets and was described by D. J. Opperman, himself a noted South African poet, as "our most versatile artist".

*South African poet, dramatist, medical doctor, reporter, food expert and botanical collector (1880-1947)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1880-12-28
- **Died:** 1947-04-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.1 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/5259772)
- [C. Louis Leipoldt](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Louis_Leipoldt)
- [К. Люі Лейпальт](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A._%D0%9B%D1%8E%D1%96_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82)
- [C. Louis Leipoldt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Louis_Leipoldt)
- [Louis Leipoldt](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Leipoldt)
- [Քրիստիան Լուի Լեյպոլդտ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AB_%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A4%D5%BF)
- [C. Louis Leipoldt](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Louis_Leipoldt)
- [C. Louis Leipoldt](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Louis_Leipoldt)
- [Лейполдт, Кристиан Луи](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%82%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8)
- [Louis Leipoldt](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Leipoldt)
- [Wikiquote](https://af.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louis_Leipoldt)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669293)

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