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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen

1622 - 1676

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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621/22 – 17 August 1676) was one of the most notable German authors of the 17th century. He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel Simplicius Simplicissimus (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus) and the accompanying Simplician Scriptures series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen is the 857th most popular writer (up from 927th in 2019), the 867th most popular biography from Germany (up from 894th in 2019) and the 49th most popular German Writer.

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen is most famous for his novel Simplicius Simplicissimus, which is a satire of the Thirty Years War.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 857 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael Crichton, Menippus, Jonas Lie, Andrea Camilleri, Julian Barnes, and Pope Dionysius of Alexandria. After him are Gaius Lucilius, Al-Zamakhshari, Georges Bernanos, Yanka Kupala, Stephen Covey, and Jens Peter Jacobsen.

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Among people born in 1622, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 4. Before him are Molière, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, and Carel Fabritius. After him are Vincenzo Viviani, Bernhardus Varenius, Vittoria della Rovere, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Juan de Valdés Leal, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Karel Dujardin. Among people deceased in 1676, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 7. Before him are Pope Clement X, Alexis of Russia, Sabbatai Zevi, Michiel de Ruyter, Francesco Cavalli, and Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha. After him are Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Madame de Brinvilliers, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, and Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 867 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (1206), Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823), Jack Steinberger (1921), Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), Theodor Billroth (1829), and Emmy Göring (1893). After him are Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), Max Liebermann (1847), Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751), Wilhelm Windelband (1848), and Volker Schlöndorff (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 49. Before him are Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Anna Seghers (1900), Achim von Arnim (1781), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), and Karl Harrer (1890). After him are Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Radegund (518), Hans Fallada (1893), Theodor Fontane (1819), Kurt Eisner (1867), and Emanuel Schikaneder (1751).

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