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Sigmund von Birken (25 April 1626 – 12 June 1681) was a German poet of the
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from the Freie Universität Berlin 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 {{Germany-poet-stub
Sigmund von Birken (25 April 1626 – 12 June 1681) was a German poet of the Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
. 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.
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from the Freie Universität Berlin 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 {{Germany-poet-stub