Joost van den Vondel
Playwright, Author
1587 – 1679
Who was Joost van den Vondel?
Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant, on the life of John the Baptist, has been called the greatest Dutch epic.
Performances of his theatre pieces occur regularly. The most visible was the annual performance, on New Year's Day from 1637 to 1968, of Gijsbrecht van Aemstel.
Vondel stayed productive until a very old age. Several of his most notable plays like Lucifer and Adam in Ballingschap were written after 1650, when he was already 65.
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- Born
- Nov 17, 1587
Cologne - Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Dutch people
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Lived in
- Amsterdam
- Died
- Feb 5, 1679
Amsterdam
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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