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'''J.D. du Toit''' (Totius) (1877-1953) Son of [[S.J. du Toit]]. Theologian, celebrated lyric poet (under the pseudonym [[Totius]]) and campaigner for the language rights of Afrikaans.  
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'''J.D. du Toit''' (Totius) (1877-1953) Son of [[S.J. du Toit]]. Theologian, celebrated lyric poet and campaigner for the language rights of Afrikaans.  
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He is best remembered as author under his [[pseudonym]] [[Totius]])
  
 
As a student he initially did translations, wrote short stories and - according to [[Ludwig Binge]] (1969), even some plays. While at school he wrote a short piece called ''[[Di Twé Susters]]'' under his early pseudonym [[Jaduto]]. ** In the 1920s he apparently advised [[Hendrik Hanekom]] against going on tour as a professional, considering it a desecration of the Afrikaans culture to perform for money. (Hanekom had written to ask “Totius” for a play).
 
As a student he initially did translations, wrote short stories and - according to [[Ludwig Binge]] (1969), even some plays. While at school he wrote a short piece called ''[[Di Twé Susters]]'' under his early pseudonym [[Jaduto]]. ** In the 1920s he apparently advised [[Hendrik Hanekom]] against going on tour as a professional, considering it a desecration of the Afrikaans culture to perform for money. (Hanekom had written to ask “Totius” for a play).

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J.D. du Toit (Totius) (1877-1953) Son of S.J. du Toit. Theologian, celebrated lyric poet and campaigner for the language rights of Afrikaans.

He is best remembered as author under his pseudonym Totius)

As a student he initially did translations, wrote short stories and - according to Ludwig Binge (1969), even some plays. While at school he wrote a short piece called Di Twé Susters under his early pseudonym Jaduto. ** In the 1920s he apparently advised Hendrik Hanekom against going on tour as a professional, considering it a desecration of the Afrikaans culture to perform for money. (Hanekom had written to ask “Totius” for a play).

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