Editing Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

{{Short description|Dutch historian and writer (1581–1647)}}
{{For|the Dutch ocean liner|MV Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft}}

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[[File:P C Hooft.jpg|thumb|220px|P.C. Hooft]]
'''Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈpitər kɔrˈneːlɪsoːn ˈɦoːft}}; 16 March 1581{{dash}}21 May 1647) - Knight in the [[Order of Saint Michael]] - was a Dutch [[historian]], [[poet]] and [[playwright]] who lived during the [[Dutch Golden Age]] in [[Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature|literature]].

==Life==
[[File:Werkkamer PCHooft.jpg|thumbnail|Working table of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft]]
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, often abbreviated to ''P.C. Hooft'' ({{IPA|nl|ˈpeː ˈseː ˈɦoːft|pron}}), was born in [[Amsterdam]] as scion of the patrician Hooft family and son of burgomaster (mayor) [[Cornelis Hooft]]. He was also uncle to statesmen and burgomasters [[Cornelis de Graeff|Cornelis]] and [[Andries de Graeff]].

In 1598, in preparation for his career as a [[merchant]], his father sent him to [[France]] and [[Italy]], but Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft was more interested in [[art]] and was deeply impressed by the [[Italian Renaissance]].<ref>Dautzenberg. J. ''Nederlandse literatuur, geschiedenis, bloemlezing en theorie tot 1916''. Den Bosch: Malmberg, p. 83-88</ref>

In 1609, he was appointed [[bailiff]] of [[Muiden]] and the [[Gooiland]]. He founded the [[Muiderkring]], a literary society located at his home, the ''[[Muiderslot]]'', the castle of Muiden, in which he got to live due to his appointment as sheriff of Muiden. Among the members were the poets and playwrights [[Constantijn Huygens]], [[Maria Tesselschade]], [[Bredero|G.A. Bredero]] and [[Joost van den Vondel]], as well as the Portuguese singer [[Francisca Duarte]]. Hooft, Bredero, and Vondel were also founders of the [[First Nederduytsche Academy]].

==Work==
Hooft was a prolific writer of [[Play (theatre)|plays]], [[poem]]s and [[Letter (message)|letters]], but  from 1618 onwards he concentrated on writing a history of the Netherlands (''Nederduytsche Historiën''), inspired by Roman historian [[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus|Tacitus]]. His focus was primarily on the [[Eighty Years' War]] between the [[Netherlands]] and [[Spain]] and though he tried to be as [[impartiality|impartial]] as possible, he did succeed.

As a poet, he was influenced by his [[Renaissance]] contemporaries in France and Italy.

===Plays===
[[File:Gerard van Honthorst - Granida and Daifilo - Google Art Project.jpg|thumbnail|[[Granida]] (and Daifilo) by [[Gerard van Honthorst]] ]]
* ''Geeraerdt van Velsen'' ( 1613)
* ''Achilles en Polyxena'' (1614)
* ''Theseus en Ariane'' (1614)
* ''[[Granida]]'' (1615)
* ''Warenar'' (1616)
* ''Baeto, oft oorsprong der Holanderen'' (1626)

===Poems===
* ''Emblemata amatoria: afbeeldingen van minne'' (1611)

===History===
* ''Nederduytsche Historiën'' (1642-1656)

==Present-day legacy==
In present-day [[Amsterdam]], Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft gives his name to [[P.C. Hooftstraat]], the city's main destination for expensive designer clothes shopping. The south-western end of P. C. Hooftstraat runs into the city's main park, the Vondelpark, named for his friend [[Joost van den Vondel]] (see Life above). In many other Dutch cities, there are other streets named after Hooft, many of them also called P. C. Hooftstraat or Pieter C. Hooftstraat.

In 1947, 300 years after P.C. Hooft died in [[The Hague]], [[P. C. Hooft Award|a literary prize in his name]] was instituted by the Dutch government. An independent foundation annually awards the prize. Initially it was awarded for specific works, but in recent years it is awarded based on the entire collection of a writer.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Sculptuur PCHooft Binnenplaats Muiderslot maart2003.jpg|Sculpture of P.C. Hooft in the castle [[Muiderslot]]
file:IISG AHF 01334 Frits Sieger 1947-03-22.jpg|Sculptor Frits Sieger with bust of P.C. Hooft. Amsterdam; 22 March 1947
File:Pieter C. Hooft.JPG|[[Gable stone]] of P.C. Hooft above his former house.[[Eduard Colinet]], 1881
</gallery>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Hooft, Pieter Cornelissen |volume=13 |pages=668-669}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft}}
* [http://cf.hum.uva.nl/dsp/ljc/hooft/ Works of Hooft in the Laurens Janszoon Coster project (Dutch)]
* [http://www.dbnl.nl/auteurs/beeld.php3?id=hoof001 P.C. Hooft (1581-1647)] - pictures of P.C. Hooft
* {{Gutenberg author | id=Hooft,+P.C.+(Pieter+Corneliszoon) | name=Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft}}
* {{Librivox author |id=9557}}

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