Background
Oostrom, Frits Pieter van was born on May 15, 1953 in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Oostrom, Frits Pieter van was born on May 15, 1953 in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Graduate cum laude, University Utrecht, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy cum laude, University Utrecht, 1981. Doctor (honorary), Catholic University, Brussels, 1995.
Professor Dutch literature and romanticism University Leiden, 1982—2001, dean Faculty of Arts, 1998—2000. University professor University Utrecht, since 2002. Erasmus visiting professor chair Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1999.
Fellow Netherlands Institute Advanced Study, Wassenaar, 2004—2005.
Fellow: Medieval European Academy. Member: Academia Europaea, Royal Academy Dutch Language & Literature (foreign honorary), Royal Dutch Academy Arts & Sciences (president 2005-2008), Holland Society Sciences.
Married Saskia de Vries. Children: David, Maarten, Sander.