Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert
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 .
Factory editions
- Politieke written: Opstand en Religievrede . Edited by J. Gruppelaar. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam 2009, ISBN 9789089640154 .
- Ilja M. Veldman (ed.): Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert (= The illustrated Bartsch , Vol. 55). Abaris Books, New York 1991, ISBN 0-89835-154-5 .
literature
- Ernst Martin: Coornhert, Dirk Volckertsen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 460 f.
- Jacob Cornelis van Slee : Koornhert, Dietrich Volkertz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 654-656.
- Olga Rinck-Wagner: Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert 1522–1572 with special consideration of his political activities . Ebering, Berlin 1919
- Ulrich Bornemann: DV Coornhert and Andreas Tscherning . In: Daphnis , Vol. 19 (1990), pp. 493-509.
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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 |