Gerardus Johannes Geers
Gerardus Johannes Geers (born December 10, 1891 in Delft , † May 2, 1965 in Groningen ) was a Dutch Romance philologist , Hispanist and translator.
life and work
Geers studied Dutch philology in Leiden and received his doctorate in 1917 under Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck with the thesis The adverbial and prepositional Prefixes in Blackfoot (Leiden 1917). Then he went to Madrid (as a career as an ethnologist was prevented by the World War) as tutor of the Dutch ambassador to Madrid , but was expelled in 1920 for socialist activities and switched to Hispanic studies (as a teacher in Enschede ).
From 1928 to 1932 he was a private lecturer in Spanish at the University of Groningen , then a teacher in The Hague and from 1947 again in Groningen, first lecturer (lecturer), from 1961 associate professor for Spanish (retired in 1962).
Geers translated Miguel de Unamuno , Ramón Gómez de la Serna , Joseph de la Vega , Juan Antonio de Zunzunegui , José Ortega y Gasset , Juan Ruiz , Pío Baroja , Camilo José Cela and Luis Díez del Corral into Dutch.
Other works (selection)
- (Ed.) Antología castellana , Wassenaars 1923
- Spaanse Spraakkunst , Wassenaar 1926
- Snel Spaans , The Hague 1931, 1946
- (with Johan Brouwer ) De Renaissance in Spanje , Zutphen 1932
- (with José Francisco Pastor) Una antología de la poesía moderna española , Amsterdam 1937
- (Ed.) Spaans Leesboek , The Hague 1946
- (Ed.) Meesters der Spaanse vertelkunst , Amsterdam 1952, 1957, 1964
- (Ed. With GP de Ridder) Hedendaagse Spaanse Poëzie , Groningen 1953
- Spanje. Country. People. Cultuur , Baarn 1954 (5th edition 1970 as commemorative publication with obituary and list of publications)
- Van het barokke leven , Baarn 1957
literature
- Hendrikus Theodorus Oostendorp , [obituary with list of writings], in: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden 1967–1968, pp. 69–77
- Catalogus van de Hispanic library van wijlen Prof. Dr. GJ Geers , Groningen 1967
- see also: Further works, Spanje , 1954 (commemorative publication 1970)
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerardus Johannes Geers in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geers, Gerardus Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geers, GJ |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch Romanist, Hispanicist and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delft |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1965 |
| Place of death | Groningen |