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Joost van den Vondel

1587 - 1679

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Joost van den Vondel (Dutch: [ˈjoːst fɑn dəɱ ˈvɔndəl]; 17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch playwright, poet, literary translator and writer. He is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the Dutch language as well as an important figure in the history of Western literature. In his native country, Vondel is often called the “Prince of Poets” and the Dutch language is sometimes referred to as “the language of Vondel”. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joost van den Vondel has received more than 201,476 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Joost van den Vondel is the 1,087th most popular writer (down from 1,058th in 2019), the 1,086th most popular biography from Germany (down from 999th in 2019) and the 68th most popular German Writer.

Joost van den Vondel is most famous for his work as a Dutch poet and playwright.

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  • 40

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  • 3.60

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joost van den Vondel ranks 1,087 out of 5,755. Before him are Nora Roberts, Rosamunde Pilcher, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Patrick White, and Vidyapati. After him are Radegund, Henri Michaux, Allan Pinkerton, Mimnermus, Jean Giraudoux, and Jan Neruda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1587, Joost van den Vondel ranks 4. Before him are Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Francesca Caccini, and Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares. After him are Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Samuel Scheidt, Stefano Landi, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Esaias van de Velde, Magdalene of Bavaria, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Johannes Fabricius. Among people deceased in 1679, Joost van den Vondel ranks 7. Before him are Thomas Hobbes, Jan Steen, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, John of Austria the Younger, and John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen. After him are Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Willem van Aelst, Marie de Rohan, Margherita de' Medici, Francesco Barberini, and John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joost van den Vondel ranks 1,086 out of 6,142. Before him are Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Anna of Saxony (1544), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), and Carsten Niebuhr (1733). After him are Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Sigmund Jähn (1937), Radegund (518), Jack Steinberger (1921), Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811), and Paul Langerhans (1847).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Joost van den Vondel ranks 68. Before him are Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), Bernhard Schlink (1944), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Ernst Barlach (1870), Alfred Brehm (1829), and Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929). After him are Radegund (518), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Hrotsvitha (935), Charles De Coster (1827), Theodor Storm (1817), and Gottfried Benn (1886).

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