Hello Everyone! I'm back! (simplistic_paranoia) The new group is called "the writers cafe"! This is open to all types of writing... hope to see you there!






HEY ALL OF U WRITERS AND POETS, WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!

NEWS
First of all, I'm sad to say that our creator might not be coming bak to our Poet Group. Due to complications, she had to leave CR. We will all miss her terribly. I'll take her place here and ill try to update the main page as frequent as i can. If you have any questions for me or if you would like to talk with simplistic_paranoia , let me know and i'll b glad to help you out

Music is another way for the world to see for who we are and what we are feeling right now. Tell me, X02fighter, and i'll add two of your favorite songs onto our group music player. I must ask that you follow two simple rules; no curse words and nothing too heavy or scremo. Don't be afraid to speak up

Poet of the Month
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft



Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (March 16, 1581 - May 21, 1647), was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright from the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

Life
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, often abbreviated to P.C. Hooft, was born in Amsterdam as the son of the then mayor, Cornelis Hooft.

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 G.A. Bredero and Joost van den Vondel. He, Bredero, and Vondel were also founders of the First Nederduytsche Academy.

In 1647, he died at the age of 66 in The Hague.

Work
Hooft was a prolific writer of plays, poems and letters, but he concentrated from 1618 onwards on writing his history of the Netherlands (Nederlandsche historiën), inspired by Roman historian Tacitus. His focus was primarily on the Eighty Years' War between The Netherlands and Spain.

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


Plays
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
Nederlandse historiën (1642-1656)

Present-day legacy
In present-day Amsterdam Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft gives his name to PC Hooftstraat, the city's main destination for expensive designer clothes shopping. The south-western end of PC Hooftstraat runs into the city's main park, the Vondelpark, named for his friend Joost van den Vondel (see Life above).

In 1947, 300 years after P.C. Hooft died, 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.



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