Arend Fokke Simonsz

Arend Fokke Simonsz
Born	(1755-07-03)3 July 1755 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	15 November 1812(1812-11-15) (aged 57) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation	Writer

Arend Fokke Simonsz (3 July 1755 – 15 November 1812) was a Dutch writer and intellectual.

Biography

Arend Fokke Simonsz was born to Simon and Cornelia Fokke. Simonsz is best remembered as a writer,^[1] but was also an important figure in the literary world at the end of the eighteenth century. He had for some time a publishing house and was a member of many literary societies. One of his most famous works, Het toekomende jaar 3000, is one of the earliest written examples of a utopia, and probably one of the first in Dutch literature.^[2] Many of his books where critical analyses of current events and trends.^[3] He had established himself as a critical observer, especially of the French government at the time. Though not illegal, this critical view brought him into the close eye of the authorities.^[3]

He died at the age of 57 in Amsterdam.

Bibliography

• Dichtlievende mengelingen (1783)
• De moderne Helicon (1792)
• Het toekomende jaar 3000 (1792)
• Cathechismus der Weetenschappen, schoone Kunsten en fraaije Letteren (1794–1802)
• Proeve van een ironiesch-comiesch woordenboek (1797)
• Het onscheidbaar drietal redenwezens verlichting, deugd en tijd (1799)
• Dorus of het wonderwind (1808)
• Boertige reis door Europa (1794–1806)

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