birth_place nationality name language article_title birth_name occupation
dundee , natal province south african d.j. opperman afrikaans d. j. opperman
 diederik -lrb- dirk -rrb- johannes opperman poet
d. j. opperman

diederik -lrb- or dirk -rrb- johannes opperman , commonly referred to as d.j. opperman -lrb- 29 september 1914 -- 1985 -rrb- was an afrikaans poet .
he is considered to be one of the best known afrikaans poets of the twentieth century .
