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Katharyne Lescailje or Catharina Lescaille (September 26, 1649 in
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''Gallerije ofte Proef van syne dichtoefeningen, met noodige verklaaringen verrykt'', Groningen, 1685, in the DBNL Her sister Barbara married the German bookbinder Matthias de Wreedt who helped with the business and who left their share to their daughter Susanna, who married Dirk Rank and added his name to the printing label in 1712. By 1731, when the poetry bundle of Katharina was published, the fortunes of the publisher were waning and they lost their privilege to print the texts for the Schouwburg. She specialized in political poems, and wrote several light comedies that were played in Amsterdam throughout the 18th century. Twenty years after her death, in 1731, her collected works were published, becoming one of the first female poets in the Netherlands with her own collected works. Her poetry occupied three large volumes of nearly 1000 pages and was reprinted some years later.
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Katharyne Lescailje or Catharina Lescaille (September 26, 1649 in Amsterdam
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– June 8, 1711) was a Dutch poet, translator
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and Publisher
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. Along with Catharina Questiers
Catharina Questiers (21 November 16313 February 1669) was a Dutch poet and dramatist. Along with Cornelia van der Veer and Katharyne Lescailje she was the most successful female Dutch poet of the second half of the 17th century. Her brother Da ...
and Cornelia van der Veer
Cornelia van der Veer (born Amsterdam, 30 August 1639 - buried there 18 October 1704) was a Dutch poet. Along with Catharina Questiers and Katharyne Lescailje she was the most successful female Dutch poet of the second half of the 17th century.
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she was the most successful female Dutch poet of the second half of the 17th century.
Biography
She was the daughter of theAmsterdam
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publisher , who married Aeltje Verwou and moved from Dordrecht to Amsterdam to start printing books in 1645 in a house on Dam Square
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called "Huis onder het zeil" (House under sail). Katharina's parents were friends with the writers Jan Vos
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, Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel (; 17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch poet, writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most ...
and Gerard Brandt
Gerard Brandt (25 July 1626, Amsterdam – 12 October 1685, Amsterdam) was a Dutch preacher, playwright, poet, church historian, biographer and naval historian. A well-known writer in his own time, his works include a ''Life of Michiel de Ruy ...
. In 1658 Jacob Lescailje became the exclusive publisher for the Amsterdam Theatre. Katharina, who never married, and her sisters continued his business after he died in 1677. She started publishing her own translations of French plays (''Kassandra'' in 1684, ''Genserik'' in 1685, and ''Herodes en Marianne'' in 1685) and also wrote and exchanged poems among friends. She was honored with a book of poetry dedicated to her in 1685 by the Groningen poet .''Gallerije ofte Proef van syne dichtoefeningen, met noodige verklaaringen verrykt'', Groningen, 1685, in the DBNL Her sister Barbara married the German bookbinder Matthias de Wreedt who helped with the business and who left their share to their daughter Susanna, who married Dirk Rank and added his name to the printing label in 1712. By 1731, when the poetry bundle of Katharina was published, the fortunes of the publisher were waning and they lost their privilege to print the texts for the Schouwburg. She specialized in political poems, and wrote several light comedies that were played in Amsterdam throughout the 18th century. Twenty years after her death, in 1731, her collected works were published, becoming one of the first female poets in the Netherlands with her own collected works. Her poetry occupied three large volumes of nearly 1000 pages and was reprinted some years later.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lescailje, Katharyne 1649 births 1711 deaths 17th-century Dutch poets 17th-century Dutch women writers Dutch women poets Writers from Amsterdam