Sigmund von Birken, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sigmund von Birken

German poet

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1626

Place of Birth: Skalná, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 12-Jun-1681

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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.



Alternative names	Jakob von Sandrart; Jacob Sandrart
Description	German engraver
Date of birth/death	31 May 1630	15 August 1708
Location of birth/death	Frankfurt	Nuremberg
Work location	Nuremberg
Authority control	: Q1677703 VIAF: 2564629 ISNI: 0000 0001 0844 2581 ULAN: 500024628 LCCN: nr99037951 Open Library: OL5294105A WorldCat