Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit

Dutch poet and academic

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1903

Place of Birth: Heumen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 20-Jun-1986

Profession: poet, university teacher, literary historian

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit (6 December 1903, Heumen, Gelderland – 20 June 1986) was a poet and an influential Dutch literary historian.
He was a specialist in Dutch literature of the Golden Age (17th century). W.A.P.
Smit worked as a teacher for 17 years, before he accepted a professorship in Dutch literature at the University of Utrecht in 1945.
He published various works of poetry and editions of a number of 16th and 17th century Dutch poets.
He gained academic renown with a number of studies on various aspects of 17th century Dutch literature.
Through his publications and his guidance to doctoral students, he had a considerable influence on the development of Dutch literary history in the 20th century. In 1958 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.