C. Buddingh'

Cornelis Buddingh
Kees Buddingh' in 1967
Born(1918-08-07)7 August 1918
Dordrecht
Died24 November 1985(1985-11-24) (aged 67)
NationalityDutch
Occupation(s)Poet, translator

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.

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