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Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel (; 17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch poet, writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic "Joannes de Boetgezant" (1662), on the life of John the Baptist, has been called the greatest Dutch epic.
Vondel's theatrical works were regularly performed until the 1960s. The most visible
. During the occupation, he wrote under the pseudonyms "Joost van den Vondel", "Friedrich W. Nietzsche", "Hypertonides" and "Nico Slob". In addition, he was a member of the "Grote Raad van de Illegaliteit" ("Great Council of Illegality") and the "emergency parliament".
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In 1949, Lichtveld returned to his native Suriname, where he was the Minister of Education and National Development and Minister of Health until 1951. After his resignation as Minister