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Roemer Visscher
Dutch poet
Also known as: Roemer Pieterszoon Visscher
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Roemer Pieterszoon Visscher
- Born:
- 1547, Amsterdam, Spanish Habsburg domain [now in the Netherlands]
- Died:
- February 19, 1620, Amsterdam
- Notable Works:
- “Brabbeling”
- “Sinnepoppen”
- Notable Family Members:
- daughter Anna Roemersdochter Visscher
- Subjects Of Study:
- Dutch language
Roemer Visscher (born 1547, Amsterdam, Spanish Habsburg domain [now in the Netherlands]—died February 19, 1620, Amsterdam) was a poet and moralist of the early Dutch Renaissance who was at the centre of the cultural circle that included the young poets Pieter C. Hooft, Joost van den Vondel, and Gerbrand Bredero. A friend of Henric L. Spieghel and Dirck Coornhert, he was foremost in the movement for the purification and standardization of the Dutch language and the extension of its use in education. Like most versatile Renaissance men of letters, Visscher did not take himself seriously as a poet. He called ...(100 of 183 words)