Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero

Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero (* March 16, 1585 - † August 23, 1618) was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

The poet

Bredero wrote different kinds of poems and also translated poems from French. A few years after his death his poetry was published in 1622 in the book "Boertig, amoureus en aandachtig groot liedboek", meaning "Book with funny songs, love songs and serious songs". In the year 2004 two previously unknown poems of Bredero, as well as a poem translated by Bredero from French, were discovered by Piet Verkruijsse in the book "Tragische Historien" in a Swedish library.

Related Topics:
Poems - 1622 - 2004 - Swedish

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Poetry

• Tragische Historien (1612) (includes two poems of Bredero, one translation by Bredero)
• Apollo (1615)
• Boertig, amoureus en aandachtig groot liedboek (1622)