Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen was a German author. He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel Simplicius Simplicissimus and the accompanying Simplician Cycle series, including The Life
1641 portrait claimed to show Grimmelshausen
Abenteuerlicher Simplicissimus, frontispiece of an early edition
Monument to Grimmelshausen in Oberkirch
1879 Grimmelshausen monument in Renchen
Simplicius Simplicissimus
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Simplicius Simplicissimus is a picaresque novel of the lower Baroque style, written in five books by German author Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen published in 1668, with the sequel Continua
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
…Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621/22 – 17 August 1676) was a German author. He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel Simplicius Simplicissimus (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus) and the accompanying Simplician Cycle series, including The Life of Courage. Grimmelshausen was born at…
Title page of the first edition, 1669
Monument to Grimmelshausen in Oberkirch