Rhijnvis Feith
Jhr. Rhijnvis Feith (christened 9 February 1753 in Zwolle – 8 February 1824 in Zwolle) was a Dutch poet.
Biography
Feith was born into an
university of Leiden (1769-1770), where he took his degree after only one year. He married Ockje Groeneveld in Weener, Germany, in Nov 1772 and settled in his birthplace. In the period Sep 1773 through to Jan 1790 they had at least 10 children, all christened in Zwolle. In 1780 Rhijnvis Feith became burgomaster
of Zwolle.
He built a luxurious
Jane Grey; in 1792 a didactic poem, The Grave (Dutch: Het Graf), in four cantos; in 1793 Inez de Castro; in 1796 to 1814 five volumes of Odes and Miscellaneous Poems; and in 1802 Old Age (Dutch: De Ouderdom), in six cantos.[1] He wrote Letters to Sophia on Kant's Philosophy, a poetical work, in 1805. In 1808 he became member of the Royal Institute.[2]
His Letters on Different Subjects of Literature of 1784 was a noted piece of literary criticism. He died in Zwolle in 1824.
His works were collected (Rotterdam, 11 vols.) in 1824, with a biographical notice by N. G. van Kampen.[1] Though now neglected, he is interesting as the Dutch representative of the mood that in Germany produced Novalis.
Honorary awards
- Prizes awarded by the Leiden Poet's society Dichtlievend Genootschap:
Gold medal for the poem Heil van den Vrede, 1779- Gold medal for the poem Verhandeling over het Heldendicht, 1781
- Gold and silver medals for the poems Den lof van De Ruijter, 1785
Zilveren penning van het genootschap Studium Scientiarum Genitris in Rotterdam voor het gedicht De Menschlievendheid, 1780- Gold medal by the Zwolle society Kunstliefde spaart geen vlijt for the poem Karel V aan zijnen zoon Philips II, bij de overdragt van de regering der Nederlanden, 1782
- Silver medal from Teylers Eerste Genootschap in 1797
- Gold medal from Teylers Eerste Genootschap in 1801
- Silver medal from the society Ter verdediging van den Christelijken Godsdienst, 1800
- Ridder in de orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw, February 20, 1816
Notes
 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (May 2013) |
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "Rhijnvis Feith (1753-1824)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
References
- DBNL
- . Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Feith, Rhijnvis". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 238.
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rhijnvis Feith.
- "Augustinus P. Dierick: "Sense and/or Sensibility. The Novels of Rhijnvis Feith Between Enlightenment and Pre-Romanticism". Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies. 28 (1&2): 83–104.
External links
- Works by or about Rhijnvis Feith at Internet Archive
- Works by Rhijnvis Feith at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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