J. Nel van der Merwe

J. Nel van der Merwe (19*-) was an Afrikaans poet, travel writer and dramatist.

In 1954 he published Onder Vreemde Sterre ("Under strange/foreign stars", a book on European travels)

Wrote the plays En Sy Naam is Jannie (K.A.T., 1940), Ai, Die Liewe Martha! ("Oh, The Dear Martha!"), produced by NTO in 1957.

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