Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen | |
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![1641 portrait claimed to show Grimmelshausen[1]](view_image.php?q=Hans_Jakob_Christoffel_von_Grimmelshausen&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Hans_Jakob_Christoffel_von_Grimmelshausen.jpeg) 1641 portrait claimed to show Grimmelshausen[1] | |
| Born | 1621 or 1622[2] Gelnhausen, County of Hanau, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 17 August 1676 Renchen, Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman Empire |
| Pen name | German Schleifheim von Sulsfort; various anagrams of his name[a] |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | German |
| Period | Baroque-era Germany |
| Genre | Novel, Allegory, Satire |
| Literary movement | German Baroque |
| Notable works | Simplicius Simplicissimus |
| Spouse | Katharina Henninger |
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621/22 – 17 August 1676)[2] was a German author. He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel Simplicius Simplicissimus (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus) and the accompanying Simplician Scriptures series.
- ^ Krause, Tilman; Baier, Ute (24 June 2005). "Rätselhafter junger Mann" [Mysterious young man]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von". Encyclopædia Britannica. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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