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[[File:Sigmund von Birken.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Sigmund von Birken, engraving by [[Jacob von Sandrart]]]]
[[File:Sigmund von Birken.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Sigmund von Birken, engraving by [[Jacob von Sandrart]]]]
'''Sigmund von Birken''' (25 April 1626, [[Skalná|Wildstein]], near [[Cheb|Eger]] — 12 June 1681, [[Nuremberg]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Poetry|poet]] of the [[Baroque literature|Baroque]]. Also, [[Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg]] wrote part of a novel, ''Aramena'', which when complete would be the most famous courtly novel in German Baroque literature, and it was finished by her brother [[Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Anton Ulrich]] and Sigmund von Birken.<ref name="Catling2000">{{cite book|author=Jo Catling|title=A History of Women's Writing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oaWlLtAwn3cC&pg=PA42|date=23 March 2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-65628-3|pages=42–}}</ref><ref name="Yearbook1991">{{cite book|author=Women in German Yearbook|title=Feminist Studies in German Literature and Culture|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=tHw9DFvc_XYC&pg=PA49|year=1991|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0-8032-9738-6|pages=49–}}</ref>
'''Sigmund von Birken''' (25 April 1626, [[Skalná|Wildstein]], near [[Cheb|Eger]] — 12 June 1681, [[Nuremberg]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Poetry|poet]] of the [[Baroque literature|Baroque]].


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==

Revision as of 15:31, 15 May 2016

Portrait of Sigmund von Birken, engraving by Jacob von Sandrart

Sigmund von Birken (25 April 1626, Wildstein, near Eger — 12 June 1681, Nuremberg) was a German poet of the Baroque. Also, Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg wrote part of a novel, Aramena, which when complete would be the most famous courtly novel in German Baroque literature, and it was finished by her brother Anton Ulrich and Sigmund von Birken.[1][2]

Further reading

  • Hellmut Rosenfeld (1955), "Birken, Sigmund v.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 2, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 256–257
  • Ferdinand Spehr (1875), "Birken, Sigmund von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 2, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 660–661

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  1. ^ Jo Catling (23 March 2000). A History of Women's Writing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Cambridge University Press. pp. 42–. ISBN 978-0-521-65628-3.
  2. ^ Women in German Yearbook (1991). Feminist Studies in German Literature and Culture. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 49–. ISBN 0-8032-9738-6.