L.W. Hiemstra
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L.W. Hiemstra (1897-1978)
Born Louis Wybren Hiemstra in Lydenburg Transvaal, he studied at the Transvaalse Universiteitskollege and the University of Cape Town. For a long while he was a journalist, with Die Volkstem, Die Burger and Die Volksblad.
He was also a member of the language commission of the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, and a language editor for Nasionale Pers (from 1946 onwards) and chaired the editorial committee of the Tweetalige Woordeboek.
His contribution to South African theatre
He was a member of the first
