Ernst van Heerden
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Ernst van Heerden (Mar 20 1916 - Sep 30 1997) was a leading Afrikaans poet.
Born in Pearston, South Africa, he was an openly gay academic famous for his poems on sport. In 1948 he received a silver medal in the Olympic Games' International Poetry Competition for Ses gedigte / Six poems.
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