Gysbert Japiks
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1603 – 1666
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Who was Gysbert Japiks?
Gysbert Japiks or Japicx was a Frisian writer, poet, schoolteacher and cantor.
Japiks was born in Bolsward, Friesland. He admired Horace and Ovid and was a defender for the memmetaal which elevated Frisian to literary status. His poems are included in Fryske rijmlerye and Friessche tjerne.
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