Klaas Bruinsma (translator), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Klaas Bruinsma (translator)

Dutch translator

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1931

Place of Birth: Easterein, Friesland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 29-Oct-2018

Profession: writer, translator, linguist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Klaas Bruinsma (February 1, 1931, Easterein – October 29, 2018, Drachten) was a West Frisian language translator of historical works from Dutch, Spanish and Greek, among others. He translated the works Karel ende Elegast and Beatrijs.
In 1993 he was awarded the Obe Postma prize for his translation from Greek of the tragedies of Sophocles.
In 2005 he obtained this prize for the second time for his translation of Virgil's Georgics and especially for his translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer. Until his retirement, Bruinsma was a lecturer of English and history at the Ichthus College in Drachten, amongst others.