Hooft - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Dutch poet and playwright. A central figure in the Dutch Renaissance. Born into a merchant family, his father was mayor of Amsterdam. He traveled to Italy, then studied law in Leiden, and became a magistrate in the Muijderschaft district. He was a central figure in the famous group of artists known as the Muijderschaft Circle. As a humanist, he was devoted to the classical culture of Greece and Rome, and published a collection of elegant and erotic poems. He is famous for his plays, which follow the style of the tragic poet Seneca, including Granida (1605), which celebrates rural life and mocks the decadent aristocratic lifestyle, as well as Gerard van Velsen (1613) and Bateau (1626). After 1626, he devoted himself to prose. He also wrote historical novels, but his masterpiece Historia das Holland (1642) was left unfinished.

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オランダの詩人、劇作家。オランダ・ルネサンスの中心人物。商家の出で、父はアムステルダム市長。イタリアに旅し、その後ライデンで法律を修め、マイデル城地区の司法官になる。有名な芸術家の集まり「マイデル城サークル」の中心人物。ヒューマニストとして、ギリシア、ローマの古典文化に傾倒し、また流麗でエロティックな詩集を発表した。悲劇詩人セネカの筆法に従った戯曲は有名で、田園生活を謳歌(おうか)し、退廃の貴族生活を嘲笑(ちょうしょう)した『グラニダ』（1605）はじめ、『ヘーラルド・ファン・フェルセン』（1613）、『バトー』（1626）が代表作。1626年以後、散文に専念。歴史小説も手がけたが、傑作『オランダ史』（1642）は未完に終わった。

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