C.J. Langenhoven Biography

Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven (13 August 1873 – 15 July 1932), who wrote under the pen name 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 to have written the words for the original South African national anthem, Die Stem van Suid-Afrika. He was affectionately known as Sagmoedige Neelsie (Gentle Neelsie) or Kerneels.

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