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Gysbert Japiks

1603 - 1666

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Gysbert Japiks Holckema, better known as simply Gysbert Japiks (1603–1666), was a West Frisian writer, poet, schoolmaster, and cantor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gysbert Japiks is the 3,107th most popular writer (up from 3,604th in 2019), the 505th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 571st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gysbert Japiks ranks 3,107 out of 7,302. Before him are Johan Bojer, Zivia Lubetkin, Richard Bandler, E. L. Doctorow, Jack Higgins, and Günter Wallraff. After him are Gregory Benford, Jurij Koch, Andrei Amalrik, Larry Niven, Gunnar Staalesen, and Herbert Read.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1603, Gysbert Japiks ranks 13. Before him are Adam Olearius, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Aert van der Neer, Yerofey Khabarov, Francesco Furini, and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark. After him are Marco Uccellini, Johannes Cocceius, Michel Le Tellier, Cornelis Bloemaert, Valentin Conrart, and Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst. Among people deceased in 1666, Gysbert Japiks ranks 14. Before him are Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Song Yingxing, Senhime, and Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma. After him are Albert Eckhout, and Pier Francesco Mola.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gysbert Japiks ranks 505 out of 1,646. Before him are Arnold Houbraken (1660), Henri Nouwen (1932), Memphis Depay (1994), Gerrie Mühren (1946), Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), and Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927). After him are Willem Kes (1856), Wubbo Ockels (1946), Albert Eckhout (1610), Jan Gies (1905), Lodewijk van Heiden (1773), and Hendrik van Gent (1900).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Gysbert Japiks ranks 23. Before him are Louis Couperus (1863), Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), Gerard Reve (1923), and Tim Krabbé (1943). After him are Macropedius (1487), Jan Luyken (1649), Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), and Willem Frederik Hermans (1921).

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