Gysbert Japiks
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Gysbert Japiks | |
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Netherlands | |
Died | 1666 Bolsward | (aged 62–63)
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation(s) | Poet, teacher |
Notable work | Friessche Tjerne (1640) |
Gysbert Japiks[a] Holckema, better known as simply Gysbert Japiks (1603–1666), was a West Frisian writer, poet, schoolmaster, and cantor.
Life
Japiks was born in
Japiks started writing from an early age. He wrote in
His work was the most notable in that language of his day and had the effect of elevating Frisian to literary status.[2] Japiks' orthography with a much more nuanced and phonetically correct spelling which is significantly different from the Dutch orthography,[4] is very similar to the current official spelling.[5] The poems of Japiks were published in Friessche Tjerne (1640) and also posthumously in Fryske Rijmlerye (1668).[6][1]
Songs
Japiks's Frisian songs were
Example
First part of the song 'Wolkom freugde fan 'e wrâld' in the original, modern and English version:
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Gysbert Japicx House
The house in which Gysbert Japiks was born, was bought in 1979 by his descendants Arjen Holkema and Trijntje Holkema-Slot and turned into a museum. The museum was opened 25 September 1997 by
References
Notes
- ^ Often written as Japicx or Japix.
Citations
- ^ a b c d e "Gysbert Japix". Sirkwy.frl (in Western Frisian). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ a b Roderick Jellema, Country fair: poems from Friesland since 1945 in Frisian and English (Eerdmans, 1985), pp. xiv–xv
- ^ a b "Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 1". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ "Nieuw Letterkundig Magazijn. Jaargang 14". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1996. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ "Taalweb Frysk (official spelling rules)". Taalweb.frl (in Western Frisian). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ Horst Haider Munske, Nils Århammar, Volker F. Faltings, Handbuch des Friesischen / Handbook of Frisian Studies (2001), p. 710
- ^ Gysbert Japix (1603-1666), Frisian soloists: Tetsje van der Kooi, soprano; Femke de Boer, alto; Jaap Hoekstra, tenor; Siebren Kramer, baritone; Rozemarijn Palma, song; GLO 6055
- ^ Frysk Lieteboek, Afûk, Ljouwert, 2000 (p 42)
- ^ "Gysbert Japicxhûs". Gysbert Japicx.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ "Gysbert Japicxhûs". Museum.frl (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
External links
- Gysbert Japicx at Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Frisian and Dutch - Wirken available for free download)
- Gysbert Japicx House (in Dutch and Frisian)