Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (born 1873)

Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven

South African poet who wrote Die Stem (1873–1932)

Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, who published under his initials C.J. Langenhoven, was a South African poet who played a major role in the development of Afrikaans literature and cultural history. His poetry was one of the then young language's foremost promoters. He is best known…