Jan Pieter Heye
Jan Pieter Heye , also Jan Pieter Heije , (born March 1, 1809 in Amsterdam ; † February 24, 1876 ibid) was a Dutch doctor and poet.
Heye studied medicine in Leiden and then established himself as a general practitioner in his hometown. Among other things, he edited the Archief voor Geneeskunde from 1840–45 and in 1847 became president of the Society for the Advancement of Medicine.
While practicing poetry with zeal, he first attracted public attention with his Liederen en zangen (1841), then with his children's songs (1847). They followed:
Works (selection)
- Nieuwe Kinderliederen (1853), a second collection of heartfelt children's songs and arguably Heije's best poetic gift;
- Asschepoester, een sprookje uit de oude doos . (Van Heteren, Amsterdam 1865, rhymed; contains the German translation under the title Aschenbrödel by Henriette Heinze-Berg ).
- De gelaarsde kat, een sprookje uit de oude doos . (Funke, Amsterdam 1870, rhymed; contains the German translation under the title Der Puss in Boots by Henriette Heinze-Berg).
- Among other things, his promised poems as well as his folk poems and children's poems were published .
- The little child friend - a booklet for the dear children. Schulgen, Düsseldorf 1851. ( Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf ).
Web links
- Jan Pieter Heye in Literature in Context
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heye, Jan Pieter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heije, Jan Pieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1876 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |