How to Pronounce Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit
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Dec 06, 1903 Heumen, Gelderland, Netherlands Died on 20 Jun 1986 (aged 82)
Dutch poet and academic
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About Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit
- Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit (6 December 1903, 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). 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 and editions of a number of 16th and 17th century Dutch poets.
- He gained academic renown with a number of studies on various aspects of 17th century Dutch literature.
- 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.
