Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert

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Portrait of Coornhert by Cornelis van Haarlem (1590)

Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert (* 1522 in Amsterdam ; † October 29, 1590 in Gouda ) was a Dutch poet , scholar , politician and artist .

Coornhert lived in Haarlem from 1542 , where he worked with the painter Maarten van Heemskerck . In 1561 Coornhert became a notary and from 1562 city secretary. When he was imprisoned in The Hague in 1568 for resisting Spanish rule over the Netherlands (see Spanish Netherlands ) , he fled into exile to Kleve and later to Xanten . In 1572 he entered the service of William of Orange as State Secretary during the Eighty Years' War . From 1577 to 1587 Coornhert lived again as a notary in Haarlem, then in Gouda until his death.

Coornhert is considered an opponent of Calvinism and a pioneer of classical literature in the Netherlands. He translated works by Cicero , Seneca and Erasmus , and with “Dolinghe van Ulysse” he created an important epic in Dutch literature .

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SURNAME Coornhert, Dirck Volkertszoon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coornhert, Dirck Volkertz.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch poet, scholar and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1522
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1590
Place of death Gouda cheese