Hugo Brandt Corstius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hugo Brandt Corstius

Dutch computer scientist

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1935

Place of Birth: Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Date of Death: 28-Feb-2014

Profession: writer, computer scientist, columnist, university teacher, journalist, linguist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Hugo Brandt Corstius (29 August 1935 – 28 February 2014) was a Dutch author, known for his achievements in both literature and science.In 1970, he was awarded a PhD on the subject of computational linguistics.
He was employed at the Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam.
However, to the general public he is mostly known for his writing, in particular as a columnist for Vrij Nederland and de Volkskrant and as linguist and literary critic for Vrij Nederland, de Volkskrant, and NRC Handelsblad.