caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
hugo brandt corstius in 2010 28 february 2014 amsterdam , netherlands eindhoven , netherlands dutch 29 august 1935 '' opperlandse taal - & letterkunde '' hugo-brandt-corstius . jpg hugo brandt corstius
 hugo brandt corstius linguist writer scientist
hugo brandt corstius

hugo brandt corstius -lrb- 29 august 1935 -- 28 february 2014 -rrb- was a dutch author from eindhoven , known for his achievements in both literature and science .
in 1970 , he was awarded a phd on the subject of computational linguistics .
he was employed at the mathematisch centrum in amsterdam .
however , to the general public he is mostly known for his writing , in particular as a columnist for vrij nederland and de volkskrant and as linguist and literary critic for vrij nederland , de volkskrant , and nrc handelsblad .
