Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (March 16, 1581 - May 21, 1647), was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright from the period known as the Dutch Golden Age. The Muiderslot is a Castle in the Netherlands, located at the mouth of the river Vecht, some 15 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam, where it flows Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. This article focuses on social and cultural history For political events see History of the Netherlands and Dutch Revolt (1568–1648
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Life
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, often abbreviated to P. C. Hooft, was born in Amsterdam as the son of the then mayor, Cornelis Hooft. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Cornelis Pietersz Hooft (1547 Amsterdam - 1627 was a Dutch statesman
He founded the Muiderkring, a literary society located at his home, the Muiderslot, the castle of Muiden in which he got to live due to his appointment as sheriff of Muiden. In the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic, roughly equivalent to the later half of the 17th century the Muiderkring was the name given to a group of figures in the Arts The Muiderslot is a Castle in the Netherlands, located at the mouth of the river Vecht, some 15 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam, where it flows Muiden ( is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Among the members were the poets and playwrights G.A. Bredero and Joost van den Vondel. Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero ( March 16, 1585 - August 23, 1618 Joost van den Vondel ( November 17, 1587 - February 5, 1679) was a Dutch writer and playwright He, Bredero, and Vondel were also founders of the First Nederduytsche Academy. The First Nederduytsche Academy was an institution set up by Samuel Coster (with the important support of Bredero and Hooft) in Amsterdam
In 1647, he died at the age of 66 in The Hague.
Work
Hooft was a prolific writer of plays, poems and letters, but he concentrated from 1618 onwards on writing his history of the Netherlands (Nederlandsche historiën), inspired by Roman historian Tacitus. A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters A letter is a Written Message from one person to another Letters especially a regular exchange between two persons (sometimes called Pen pals Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca 56 &ndash ca 117 was a senator and a Historian of the Roman Empire. His focus was primarily on the Eighty Years' War between The Netherlands and Spain. The Dutch Revolt, Eighty Years' War or the Revolt of the Netherlands (1568—1648 was the revolt of the Seventeen Provinces in the Low Countries The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
As a poet, he was influenced by his Renaissance contemporaries in France and Italy. The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
Plays
- Geeraerdt van Velsen ( 1613)
- Achilles en Polyxena (1614)
- Theseus en Ariane (1614)
- Granida (1615)
- Warenar (1616)
- Baeto, oft oorsprong der Holanderen (1626)
Poems
- Emblemata amatoria: afbeeldingen van minne (1611)
History
- Nederlandse historiën (1642-1656)
Present-day legacy
In present-day Amsterdam Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft gives his name to PC Hooftstraat, the city's main destination for expensive designer clothes shopping. Warenar is a Dutch play written by Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft in 1617, based on the play Aulularia by Plautus. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west The south-western end of PC Hooftstraat runs into the city's main park, the Vondelpark, named for his friend Joost van den Vondel (see Life above). Joost van den Vondel ( November 17, 1587 - February 5, 1679) was a Dutch writer and playwright
In 1947, 300 years after P. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. C. Hooft died, a literary prize in his name was instituted by the Dutch government. The PC Hooft Award (in Dutch PC Hooftprijs) is a Dutch language literary oeuvre award given annually An independent foundation annually awards the prize. Initially it was awarded for specific works, but in recent years it is awarded based on the entire collection of a writer.
External links
- Works of Hooft in the Laurens Janszoon Coster project (Dutch)
- P.C. Hooft (1581-1647) - pictures of P. C. Hooft
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