Andreas Gryphius

Andreas Gryphius
Engraving by Philipp Kilian
Born
Andreas Greif

(1616-10-02)2 October 1616
Glogau (Głogów), Silesia
Died16 July 1664(1664-07-16) (aged 47)
Glogau, Silesia
NationalityGerman
EducationFraustadt
Alma materAcademic Gymnasium Danzig
Occupations
  • Dramatist
  • playwright
  • poet
  • actor
EraBaroque-era Germany
MovementGerman Baroque
Spouse
Rosina Deutschländer
(m. 1649)
Children
  • Christian
  • Constantin
  • Anna Rosine
  • Theodor
  • Maria Elisabeth
  • Daniel
Parents
  • Paul Greif (father)
  • Anna Erhardin (mother)
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Andreas Gryphius (German: Andreas Greif; 2 October 1616 – 16 July 1664) was a German poet and playwright. With his eloquent sonnets, which contains "The Suffering, Frailty of Life and the World", he is considered one of the most important Baroque poets of the Germanosphere. He was one of the first improvers of the German language and German poetry.

Gryphius was born and raised in Glogau (Głogów), Duchy of Głogów, Silesia. At the age of 33, he married Rosina Deutschländer, with whom he had six children, Christian, Constantin, Anna Rosine, Theodor, Maria Elisabeth, and Daniel.