C. Buddingh', Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

C. Buddingh'

Dutch poet and translator

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1918

Place of Birth: Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1985

Profession: writer, poet, translator, television presenter, literary critic

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Cornelis "Kees" Buddingh' (7 August 1918 – 24 November 1985) was a Dutch poet, TV-presenter, translator.
Amongst others he translated A Clockwork Orange and the complete works of William Shakespeare into Dutch.
His son Wiebe Buddingh‘ later became the translator of Harry Potter into the Dutch language.
The C.
Buddingh'-prijs literary award is named after him.