1966
Signed by the author, N.P. van Wyk Louw.
Illustrated by Katrine Harries.
De luxe edition #38 out 50 signed copies.

This numbered edition celebrates the sixtieth birthday of the author on the 11th June 1966.

N.P. van Wyk Louw (1906 - 1970) was an Afrikaans-language poet, playwright and scholar. As one of the Dertigers, or "Writers of the Thirties," N.P. van Wyk Louw produced among his most famous works his debut 1935 volume of poems, Alleenspraak ("Monologue"), the 1937 poetry collection Die halwe kring ("The Semicircle"), the verse epic Raka, and the 1956 tragedy Germanicus.

Raka is probably the poet's most beautiful poetic creation. Raka has inspired musical compositions, plays and a ballet. It has also been widely distributed as a prescribed work for high school and university students.

182mm x 258mm

R3,500