Gerbrand Bredero
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero (born March 16, 1585 in Amsterdam , † August 23, 1618 there ) was a Dutch writer.
Life
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero was the son of the shoemaker Adriaen Cornelisz Bredero and his wife Maryghen Gerbrandsd.
Bredero was friends with Pieter C. Hooft , Hugo de Groot and Joost van den Vondel and was one of the most important gossip and comedy poets in Dutch literature of the Golden Age .
Bredero stayed in his hometown of Amsterdam for most of his life . His best-known work De Spaansche Brabander was created in 1617 . In this comedy he thematized life in Amsterdam very closely and he also used different dialects for the different characters in the play.
Bredero also became a member of the linguistic society In Liefd 'Bloeyende . This association ( Rederijkerskamer ) was one of the models after which a few years later the fruit-bearing society was founded in Germany .
Gebrand Adriaenszoon Bredero died on August 23, 1618 in Amsterdam at the age of 33.
Honors
The Brederostraat in Groningen is named after Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero .
Works
- De Spaansche Brabander (1617)
- De klucht van de koe
- De klucht van de molenaar
- Rodd'rick ends Alfons
- Lucelle
- Griane
- Groot Lied-Boeck
literature
- Jan P. Naeff: De waardering van Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero. Dissertation at the University of Leiden 1960. (Dutch)
- Ernst Martin: Brederoô, Gerbrand Adriaensen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 281 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bredero, Gerbrand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bredero, Gerbrand Adriaenszoon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1585 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23 August 1618 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |