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
Frontispiece of the first edition
Title page of the first edition, 1669
Monument to Grimmelshausen in Oberkirch
Monument to Grimmelshausen in Oberkirch
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
Simplicius Simplicissimus
…Simplicissimus (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch) 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 Continuatio appearing in 1669. Inspired by the events and horrors of the Thirty Years' War which devastated Germany…
1641 portrait claimed to show Grimmelshausen
1879 Grimmelshausen monument in Renchen