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Dirk Pieters Lenige was a Mennonite merchant at [[Makkum (Friesland, Netherlands)|Makkum]], Dutch province of [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]], a friend of the Mennonite ministers J. Stijl and [[Geuns, Matthias Jansz van (1758-1839)|Matthias van Geuns]], and had a keen interest in Mennonite church matters. In 1778-1792 he wrote a number of poems in the Frisian language, some of which were published by G. A. Wumkes in the periodical <em>Yn ús eigen Tael </em>(1915), 61-74. His daughter Cynthia (Kynke) Lenige (1755-1780) was an artist; she did some remarkably good drawings. A volume of her poems in the Dutch language entitled <em>Mengeldichten </em>was published in [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]] in 1782 after her death.
= Bibliography =
<em>Doopsgezind Jaarboekje </em>(1943): 68-78.

Molhuysen, P. C. and  P. J. Blok. <em>Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek.</em> Leiden, 1911-1937: v. IV: 901 f.

Wumkes, G. A. <em>Bodders yn de Fryske striid. </em>Boalsert, 1926: 377-383.
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