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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
1641 portrait claimed to show Grimmelshausen[1]
1641 portrait claimed to show Grimmelshausen[1]
Born1621 (1621) or 1622 (1622)[2]
Gelnhausen, County of Hanau, Holy Roman Empire
Died(1676-08-17)17 August 1676
Renchen, Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman Empire
Pen nameGerman Schleifheim von Sulsfort; various anagrams of his name[a]
OccupationWriter
LanguageGerman
PeriodBaroque-era Germany
GenreNovel, Allegory, Satire
Literary movementGerman Baroque
Notable worksSimplicius Simplicissimus
SpouseKatharina Henninger

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621/22 – 17 August 1676)[2] was one of the most notable German authors of the 17th century.[3] He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel Simplicius Simplicissimus (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus) and the accompanying Simplician Scriptures series.

  1. ^ Krause, Tilman; Baier, Ute (24 June 2005). "Rätselhafter junger Mann" [Mysterious young man]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference EB1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Remy, A.F.J. (1913). "Johann Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7.


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