Sigmund von Birken explained

Sigmund von Birken (25 April 1626 – 12 June 1681) was a German poet of the Baroque. 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.^{[1] [2]}

External links

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Notes and References

1. Book: Hilary Brown. Luise Gottsched the Translator. 2012. Camden House. 978-1-57113-510-0. 27–.
2. Book: Jo Catling. A History of Women's Writing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 23 March 2000. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-65628-3. 42–.