- Reyer Anslo
Reyer Anslo (b. at
Amsterdam in 1622; d. atPerugia in 1669) was a Dutch poet.Life
He was brought up a
Mennonite . Early civic fame as a poet came to him in Amsterdam, when he was rewarded by his with a laurel crown and a silver dish for a poem in honour of the new town hall. A poem inscribed to QueenChristina of Sweden , a literary patron, entitled "De Zweedsche Pallas" ("The Swedish Pallas"), brought him a golden chain.In 1651, he was received into the
Catholic Church , together with forty-three others, as is shown by manuscript records of theSociety of Jesus (Lit. annuae Soc. Jes., in the Burgundian Library at Brussels, VI, No. 21818b fo 300, ao 1651). He proceeded to Rome, where he became secretary to CardinalLuigi Capponi , and received fromPope Innocent X a gold medal for his poetical labours. In 1655 he was presented to Queen Christina, to whom he dedicated new poems.Works
His collected works were published in 1713. They include a tragedy, "The Parisian Blood-Bridal" ("De parysche bloed-bruiloff"), dealing with the
Massacre of St. Bartholomew . He wrote an epic on "The Plague at Naples". [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Dutch_literature]References
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Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk Thijm in "Kirchenlexikon ";
*____, in the "Dietsache Warande" (Amsterdam);
*____, "Spiegel van Nederlandsche Letteren" (Louvain, 1877, II, III).Notes
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