Information AboutGerbrand Adriaensz Bredero |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT GERBRAND ADRIAENSZ BREDERO | |
| 1585 births | |
| bredero, gerbrand adriaensz | |
| 1618 deaths | |
| people from amsterdam | |
| dutch poets | |
| dutch dramatists and playwrights | |
LIFE In 1585 Bredero was born in Amsterdam , where he lived his whole life. He called himself ''"G.A. Bredero, Amstelredammer"'', and sometimes he is called ''Breero'' or ''Brederode''. He was the third child of Marry Gerbrants and Adriaen Cornelisz. Bredero, who was a Shoemaker and a successful Real Estate Agent . Bredero was born on the '' Nes '', nowadays number 41, and in 1602 he and his family moved to a house on '' Oude Zijds Voorburgwal '', nowadays number 244, which his father bought. Bredero lived in this house the rest of his life. Both houses are now restaurants. In school Bredero learned French and possibly also some English and Latin . Later he was educated as an artist by the Antwerp painter Francesco Badens , but none of his paintings have survived. In 1611 he became a member of the '' Rederijkerskamer '' ''d'Eglantier'', where he was an active member and met friends like Roemer Visscher and P.C.Hooft . Together with Hooft he joined Costers ''Nederduytsche Academie''. In this period he wrote the play ''"De Spaanschen Brabander Ierolimo"''. The only public position Bredero had was ''vaandrig'' or Standard Bearer of the Civic Guard . In the year 1618 , on the age of 33, Bredero suddenly died, shortly after he had recovered from Pneumonia that he had gotten from falling through some ice. He was never married. THE PLAYWRIGHT Bredero wrote different kinds of plays: Tragedies , Farces and Comedies . He is most famous for his comedy ''"De Spaanschen Brabander Ierolimo"'', meaning "The Spanish Brabanter Jerolimo", about the poor nobleman Jerolimo who pretends to be wealthy. After centuries this play is still performed in theatres. Bredero often used the words ''"'t kan verkeeren"'' to end a play or poem, as its signature, and nowadays these words are still used in Dutch as an expression, meaning "things happen" or "things can change". The dates are first publication dates, most plays were already performed several years earlier. ]] Tragedies
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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. Poetry
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