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Joost van den Vondel (Dutch: [ˈjoːst fɑn dəɱ ˈvɔndəl]; [ 1 ] 17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch playwright, poet, literary translator and writer. He is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the Dutch language as well as an important figure in the history of Western literature. [ 2 ][ 3 ] In his native country ...
The title page of the first edition from 1654. The play Lucifer is a 1654 tragedy set in Heaven, written by the Dutch playwright and poet Joost van den Vondel, and premiered on 2 February in the city theater of Amsterdam. When God decides to elevate Man above the Angels, the high-ranked angel Lucifer initiates a revolt which ends when archangel ...
Joost van den Vondel. The first work of one of the best-known of all Dutch writers, Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679), was Het Pascha ("The Passover", 1612), a tragedy on the Exodus of the people of Israel. It was written in alexandrines, in five acts, and with choral interludes between the acts.
Two years after its completion, in 1658, Joost van den Vondel dedicated a poem to the Zeemagazijn. During the first half of the eighteenth century, the admiralty noticed that the building was slowly sinking into the ground, a common problem with building projects in Amsterdam.
Best known is the play Gijsbrecht van Aemstel by 17th century playwright and poet Joost van den Vondel, which is about the sacking of Amsterdam in the days after the death of Floris V. The nickname "God of the Peasants" was introduced after Floris' death in the nobility and was originally intended to be an insult.
Poem written by Joost van den Vondel, 17th century. [6] P.C. Hooft In Amsterdam, a circle of poets and playwrights formed around Maecenas -like figure Roemer Visscher (1547–1620), which would eventually be known as the Muiderkring ("Circle of Muiden ") after the residence of its most prominent member, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647 ...
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɛizbrɛxt fɑn ˈɑmstəl]) [a] is a 17th-century history play by Joost van den Vondel, written to inaugurate Amsterdam 's first city theatre. The first production was planned to take place on 26 December 1637, but was postponed until 3 January 1638. The piece was then performed annually (on ...
O Kerstnacht, schoner dan de dagen. O Kerstnacht, schoner dan de dagen (O Christmas Night, more beautiful than any day!) is a Dutch hymn that is usually referred to as a Christmas carol, although it does not refer to the birth of Jesus, but rather to the infanticide in Bethlehem. The poet and playwright Joost van den Vondel wrote it for the ...