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Born March 16, 1585 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died August 23, 1618 (aged 33) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works “Groot Liedt-Boeck”

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Bredero, engraving by H. Goltzius, 1618
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Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
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Hella S. Haasse
Dutch author
Portrait of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft by Joachim von Sandrart, showing Hooft with light brown hair, a trimmed beard, and a white lace collar against a dark background.
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Dutch author
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Martinus Nijhoff
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Dutch poet
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Pierre Corneille
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Poet John Dryden
John Dryden
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Oscar Wilde
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Tobias Smollett
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Austrian dramatist
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Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.
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Romains
Jules Romains
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