Pieter Nuyts (writer) explained

Pieter Nuyts
Birth Date:1640
Birth Place:Middelburg, the Netherlands
Death Date:March 1709[1]
Death Place:Etten, the Netherlands
Occupation:Poet and dramatist
Nationality:Dutch
Notableworks:Admetus en Alcestis
De Bredaasche Klio
Beschryving van Etten, Leur en Sprundel
Spouse:Petronilla Bernaige

Pieter Nuyts (1640 – buried 30 March 1709) was a Dutch poet and dramatist. The youngest son of the third Governor of Formosa (also called Pieter Nuyts), the younger Pieter was born into a comfortable situation, probably in Middelburg, before his family moved to the city of Hulst, where his father became mayor.[2]

He authored several books of poetry and plays, including Admetus en Alcestis, a tragedy and satire of Juvenalis.[3] Other works include De Bredaasche Klio and Beschryving van Etten, Leur en Sprundel, which is still used by historians of the region around Etten today.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.regionaalarchiefwestbrabant.nl/zoeken/voorouders/resultaat/q/persoon_achternaam_t_0/nuijts/q/persoon_rol_s_0/overledene/q/persoon_rol_s_1/0/q/zoekwijze/s/q/register_gemeente/0/q/akte_type/begraafakte Burial of Pieter Nuijts on 30 March 1709
  2. Web site: Australian Dictionary of Biography. 2009-04-05. Nuyts, Pieter.
  3. Book: Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/molh003nieu07_01/molh003nieu07_01_1598.htm. Nuyts, Pieter. Dutch.