Adriaan Poirters
Illustration — Statue of Adriaan Poirters in Oisterwijk. Adriaan Poirters (baptised 2 November 1605, in the Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk in Oisterwijk – died 4 July 1674, Mechelen) was a Brabantian Jesuit poet and prose writer who was active in the Counter Reformation.
Adriaan Poirters
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- Born
- 1605 · Oisterwijk.
- Died
- 1674 · Mechelen.
- Occupation
- poet · writer · catholic priest · translator
- Movements
- Baroque
- Education
- University of Douai
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Statue of Adriaan Poirters in Oisterwijk. Adriaan Poirters (baptised 2 November 1605, in the Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk in Oisterwijk – died 4 July 1674, Mechelen) was a Brabantian Jesuit poet and prose writer who was active in the Counter Reformation.
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Born at Oisterwijk in 1605, died in Mechelen in 1674.
Adriaan Poirters studied at University of Douai. The recorded working language is Dutch.
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- 1.Gobbers 450
- 2.Siegenbeek 150
- 3.Ouwerling 983
- 4.Journal historique et litteraire, 10, 124
- 5.Van Es & Rombauts 431
- 6.Ouwerling 981
- 7.Frederiks & Van den Branden 617
- 8.Ouwerling 982
- 9.Salsmans & Rombauts V
- 10.Maeterlinck 359
- 11.(vol.4), I.H.S.I. Roma, 2001, 3167
- 12.Van Es & Rombauts 455
- 13.Van Es & Rombauts 432
- 14.Journal historique et litteraire, 10, 125
- 15.Ouwerling 984
- 16.Buitendijk 279-310
- 17.Polet 410
- 18.Salsmans & Rombauts VI
- 19.Salsmans & Rombauts VII
- 20.Salsmans & Rombauts VIII-IX
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- POLET, Jean-Claude. Patrimoine littéraire européen: anthologie en langue française, Bruxelles/Paris, De Boeck Université, 1996
- SALSMANS, J., et E. Rombauts. Dans : A. Poirters, Het masker van de wereldt afgetrocken (éd. J. Salsmans et E. Rombauts), Éd. Oisterwijk, 1935
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