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Facts

Born September 7, 1756 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died December 18, 1831 (aged 75) • Haarlem • Netherlands
Notable Works “De Ondergang der eerste wareld” • “De kunst der poëzij”

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Bilderdijk, detail of an oil painting by C.H. Hodges; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Cees Nooteboom
Cees Nooteboom
Dutch author
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Dutch writer
Cats, Jacob
Jacob Cats
Dutch author
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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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Albert Verwey
Dutch poet
Coornhert, Dirck Volckertszoon
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
Dutch author
Betje Wolff, detail of an engraving by Lodewyk Gotlieb Portman after a drawing by Abraham Teerlink after a painting by Petrus Groenia.
Betje Wolff
Dutch author
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Pieter Jelles Troelstra
Dutch statesman
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Hermanus Johannes Aloysius Maria Schaepman
Dutch statesman
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Gerrit Achterberg
Dutch poet
Heinrich von Veldeke
Heinrich von Veldeke
German-Dutch poet
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Frederik Willem van Eeden
Dutch author and physician
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Willem Kloos
Dutch author
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Martinus Nijhoff
Dutch poet
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Edgar du Perron
Dutch writer and critic
Bredero, engraving by H. Goltzius, 1618
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero
Dutch author
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Henriëtte Goverdina Anna Roland Holst-van der Schalk
Dutch poet and socialist
Heinsius, Daniël
Daniël Heinsius
Dutch poet

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