Sign to the grave of Dr. Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt at Pakhuis Pass (Storehouse Pass), near Clanwilliam, South Africa
Dr. Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt, usually referred to as C. Louis Leipoldt, (/ˈlaɪpɒlt/ 28 December 1880 – 12 April 1947) was a South African poet who wrote in Afrikaans . 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 he was described by D. J. Opperman, himself a noted South African poet, as "our most versatile artist". He died in Cape Town but, because of his deep love for the Hantam— a mountainous and wild district north of Cape Town— his ashes were laid to rest in the rugged Pakhuis Pass (Storehouse Pass), near Clanwilliam. His grave is situated at the base of a cave-like opening on the mountain face. Directly above his tombstone there are faint drawings on the sandstone that were made by Bushmen many years before his death. Leipoldt had an adopted son, Jeffery Barnet Leipoldt. Jeffery died on 21 November 1997. His ashes were scattered on his father's grave. Jeffery had three daughters, Nerina, Karen and Desre, who live in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Location: Pakhuis Pass (Storehouse Pass), near Clanwilliam, South Africa
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