Summary
Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit (6 December 1903, in Heumen, Gelderland – 20 June 1986) was a poet and an influential Dutch literary historian. He was a specialist in Dutch literature of the Golden Age (17th century).
Biography edit
W.A.P. Smit worked as a teacher for 17 years, before he accepted a professorship in Dutch literature at the University of Utrecht in 1945. He published various works of poetry[1][2][3] and editions of a number of 16th and 17th century Dutch poets.[4][5] He gained academic renown with a number of studies on various aspects of 17th century Dutch literature.[6][7] Through his publications and his guidance to doctoral students, he had a considerable influence on the development of Dutch literary history in the 20th century.
In 1958 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[8]
References edit
- ^ Smit, W.A.P. 1927. Feesten van het jaar
- ^ Smit, W.A.P. 1944. Stedetroost
- ^ Smit, W.A.P. 1944. Dagboek onder het kruis.
- ^ Jacobus Revius, Over-Ysselsche Sangen en Dichten. Uitgegeven, met ongedrukte gedichten vermeerderd en van verklarende aanteekeningen voorzien door W.A.P. Smit. (2 volumes, 1930 and 1935; introduction and notes by W.A.P. Smit)
- ^ Jan van der Noot, Het Bosken en Het Theatre. (With an introduction and notes of W.A.P. Smit and W. Vermeer. 1953.)
- ^ Smit, W.A.P. 1964. Het Nederlandse renaissance-toneel als probleem en taak voor de literatuur-historie. (transl.: Dutch Renaissance Drama as a problem and duty for Literary History.)
- ^ Smit, W.A.P. Kalliope in de Nederlanden. Het Renaissancistisch-klassicistische epos van 1550 tot 1850. (transl.: Kalliope in the Netherlands. The Classical Renaissance Epic from 1550 till 1850.) Volume 1 published in 1975, volume 2 in 1983, anticipated third volume has never been completed.
- ^ "W.A.P. Smit (1903 - 1986)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
External links edit
- Biography W.A.P. Smit (in Dutch)