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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen - Wikipedia (494 words) |
 | Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (* circa 1622 in Gelnhausen; † 17. |
| Grimmelshausen leistete in seiner Jugend Kriegsdienst, bekleidete später verschiedene Stellungen an deutschen Fürstenhöfen, zuletzt beim Straßburger Bischof Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich, und starb als Schultheiß 1676 in Renchen. |
| Eine Gesamtausgabe der Schriften Grimmelshausens erschien in Nürnberg 1683-1713 in 3 Teilen. |
| Johann Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (500 words) |
| Nothing definite is known of his life during the period from 1648 to 1667; but it seems that he travelled extensively, for his writings show acquaintance with many lands and peoples. |
| Grimmelshausen also wrote a number of romances in the heroic-gallant manner in vogue in his day; such are "Der keusche Joseph", his earliest work (probably 1667), "Dietwald und Amelinde" (1670), and "Proximus und Lympida" (1672). |
| The "Simplicissimus", together with other writings of Grimmelshausen, was edited by Keller (Stuttgart, 1854-62, "Bibliothek des Litterarischen Vereins zu Stuttgart", xxxiii, xxxiv); by Kurz (Leipzig, 1863, 4 vols., "Deutsche Bibliothek", III-VI); by Tittman (2nd ed., Leipzig, 1877, in "Deutsche Dichter des 17. |
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