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Sigmund von Birken (25 April 1626 – 12 June 1681) was a German
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Sigmund von Birken (25 April 1626 – 12 June 1681) was a German poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...
of the Baroque. He was born in Wildstein, near Eger
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, and died in Nuremberg
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, aged 55.
His pupil, Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, also known as Sibylle von Braunschweig-Luneburg and Sibylle of Brunswick-Luneburg, (4 February 1629 – 12 December 1671), a member of the House of Welf, was a daughter of Duke Augustus II of Brunswick-Là ...
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.
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Freie Universität Berlin
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1626 births
1681 deaths
People from Cheb District
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
German Bohemian people
German Protestants
German poets
German male poets
Baroque writers
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