Sigmund von Birken
Intro | German poet |
A.K.A. | Sigismund von Birken |
Was | Poet Writer |
From | Germany |
Type | Literature |
Gender | male |
Birth | 25 April 1626, Skalná, Czech Republic |
Death | 12 June 1681, Nuremberg, Germany (aged 55 years) |
Star sign | Taurus |
Portrait of Sigmund von Birken, engraving by Jacob von Sandrart Sigmund von Birken (25 April 1626 — 12 June 1681) was a German poet of the Baroque. He was born in Wildstein, near Eger, and died in Nuremberg, aged 55. His pupil, Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg wrote part of a novel, Die Durchlauchtige Syrerin Aramena (Aramena, the noble Syrian lady), which when complete would be the most famous courtly novel in German Baroque literature; it was finished by her brother Anton Ulrich and edited by Sigmund von Birken.