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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen

October 27, 2023

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621/22 – 17 August 1676)[2] was a German author. He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel Simplicius Simplicissimus (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus) and the accompanying Simplician Scriptures series.

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
1641 portrait claimed to show Grimmelshausen[1]
Born1621 (1621) or 1622 (1622)[2]
Gelnhausen, County of Hanau, Holy Roman Empire
Died(1676-08-17)17 August 1676
Renchen, Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman Empire
Pen nameGerman Schleifheim von Sulsfort; various anagrams of his name[a]
OccupationWriter
LanguageGerman
PeriodBaroque-era Germany
GenreNovel, Allegory, Satire
Literary movementGerman Baroque
Notable worksSimplicius Simplicissimus
SpouseKatharina Henninger

Early life edit

Grimmelshausen was born at Gelnhausen. At the age of ten he was kidnapped by Hessian soldiers, and in their midst experienced military life in the Thirty Years' War. In 1639 he became a regular soldier in the Imperial Army. At the latest in the year 1644 he worked as a writer in a regiment's chancellery—from that year on documents by Hans Jakob Christoffel exist. At the close of the war, Grimmelshausen entered the service of Franz Egon von Fürstenberg, bishop of Strasbourg. In 1665, he was made magistrate (German: Schultheiß) at Renchen in Baden. On obtaining this appointment, he devoted himself to literary pursuits.[3]

Works edit

 
Abenteuerlicher Simplicissimus, frontispiece of an early edition

Grimmelshausen's work is greatly influenced by previous utopian and travel literature, and the Simplicissimus series attained a readership larger than any other seventeenth-century novel. Formerly, he was credited with Der fliegende Wandersmann nach dem Mond, a translation from Jean Baudoin's L'Homme dans la Lune, itself a translation of Francis Godwin's The Man in the Moone,[4] but recent scholars have disputed this; he did, however, write an appendix to a 1667 edition of that translation, the basis for that association. Der fliegende Wandersman was included in his collected works, though without the appendix.[5]

In 1668, Grimmelshausen published Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus,[6] which has been called the greatest German novel of the 17th century.[7] For this work he took as his model the picaresque romances of Spain, already to some extent known in Germany. Simplicissimus has been interpreted as its author's autobiography; he begins with the childhood of his hero, and describes the latter's adventures amid the stirring scenes of the Thirty Years' War. The rustic detail with which these pictures are presented makes the book a valuable document of its time. For some, however, the later parts of the book overindulge in allegory, and finally become a Robinson Crusoe story.[3]

The historian Robert Ergang draws upon Gustav Könnecke's Quellen und Forschungen zur Lebensgeschichte Grimmelshausens to assert that "the events related in the novel Simplicissimus could hardly have been autobiographical since [Grimmelshausen] lived a peaceful existence in quiet towns and villages on the fringe of the Black Forest and that the material he incorporated in his work was not taken from actual experience, but was either borrowed from the past, collected from hearsay, or created by a vivid imagination."[8]

Among Grimmelshausen's other works, are the so-called Simplicianische Schriften (German: Simplizianische Schriften):

  • Die Ertzbetrügerin and Landstörtzerin Courasche[9] (1670)
  • Der seltsame Springinsfeld[10] (1670)
  • Das wunderbarliche Vogelnest (1672)

He also published satires, such as Der teutsche Michel[11] (1673), and gallant novels, like Dietwald und Amelinde (1670).

Death and legacy edit

 
1879 Grimmelshausen monument in Renchen

He died in Renchen in 1676, where a monument was erected to him in 1879.[2]

Grimmelshausen's Landstörtzerin Courasche became an inspiration for Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children.[12][13]

Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus lent its name to Simplicissimus, a satirical German weekly which ran from 1894 to 1944 and 1954 to 1967.

Notes edit

  1. ^ List of pseudonyms attributed (as anagrams) to Grimmelshausen:
    Samuel Greiffensohn von Hirschfeld
    German Schleifheim von Sulsfort
    Melchior Sternfels von Fugshaim
    Philarchus Grossus von Trommenheim
    Michael Rechulin von Sehmsdorf
    Eric Steinfels von Grufenshohn
    Simon Lengfrisch von Hartenfels
    Israel Fromschmid von Hugenfels[14]

References edit

  1. ^ Krause, Tilman; Baier, Ute (24 June 2005). "Rätselhafter junger Mann" [Mysterious young man]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von". Encyclopædia Britannica. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoffel von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 603.
  4. ^ Hennig, John (1945). "Simplicius Simplicissimus's British Relations". Modern Language Review. 40 (1): 37–45. doi:10.2307/3717748. JSTOR 3717748.
  5. ^ Bürger, Thomas; Schmidt-Glintzer, Helwig (1993). Der Fliegende Wandersmann nach dem Mond: Faksimiledruck der deutschen Übersetzung (in German). Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Bibliothek (published 1995). ISBN 978-3-88373-074-5.
  6. ^ Grimmelshausen, H. J. Chr. (1669). Der abentheurliche Simplicissimus [The adventurous Simplicissimus] (in German). Nuremberg: J. Fillion. OCLC 22567416.
  7. ^ Moore, Steven (2013). Novel: An Alternative History, 1600–1800. New York: Bloomsbury. p. 61. ISBN 978-1441188694.
  8. ^ Ergang, Robert H. (1956). The Myth of the All-Destructive Fury of the Thirty Years' War. Pocono Pines, PA: The Craftsmen. OCLC 905630683.
  9. ^ Grimmelshausen, H. J. Chr. (1670). Trutz Simplex: Die Ertzbetrügerin und Landstörtzerin Courasche [Simple's defense: The arch-fraud and pauper Courage] (in German). Nuremberg: W. E. Felssecker. OCLC 248092792.
  10. ^ Grimmelshausen, H. J. Chr. (1670). Der seltzame Springinsfeld [The strange Jump-into-the-field] (in German). Nuremberg: W. E. Felssecker. OCLC 79549164.
  11. ^ Grimmelshausen, H. J. Chr. (1673). Simplicissimi Pralerey und Gepräng mit seinem Teutschen Michel [Simplicissimus' boast and talk with his German Michel] (in German). Nuremberg.
  12. ^ Harold Bloom (2009). Bertolt Brecht: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide. Infobase Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4381-1639-6.
  13. ^ G. Ronald Murphy (2010). Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram's Parzival. Oxford University Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-19-974759-7.
  14. ^ "Anagramme Grimmelshausens" (in German). Grimmelshausenfreunde Renchen e.V. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

Further reading edit

  • Arthur F. J. Remy (1913). "Johann Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • "Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Kristoffel von" . Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
  • Antoine, Ferdinand (1882). Étude sur le Simplicissimus de Grimmelshausen [Study about Grimmelshausen's Simplicissimus] (Thesis) (in French). Paris: Klincksieck. OCLC 15378464.
  • Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoffel von (1986) [1669]. An unabridged translation of Simplicius simplicissimus. Translated by Adair, Monte Frederick. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. ISBN 9780819153487.
  • Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoffel von (2011) [1670]. Courage - The vindictive tramp. Translated by Adair, Monte Frederick. Magdeburg: Copy Team. ISBN 9783941170674.
  • Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoffel von (2012) [1670]. The Elusive Springinsfeld. Translated by Adair, Monte Frederick. Magdeburg: Copy Team. ISBN 9783941170667.
  • Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoffel von (1882) [1669]. Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus (in German). Vol. 1. Berlin und Stuttgart: W. Spemann.
  • Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoffel von (1882) [1669]. Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus (in German). Vol. 2. Berlin und Stuttgart: W. Spemann.
  • Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoffel von (1912) [1669]. Simplicius Simplicissimus. Translated by Goodrick, Arthur Thomas Scrope. London: Wiliam Heinemann.
  • Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoffel von (1975) [1669]. Der Abentheurliche Simplicissimus Teutsch (in German). München: dtv. ISBN 3538050988.

External links edit

 
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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen 1621 22 17 August 1676 2 was a German author He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel Simplicius Simplicissimus German Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus and the accompanying Simplician Scriptures series Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen1641 portrait claimed to show Grimmelshausen 1 Born1621 1621 or 1622 1622 2 Gelnhausen County of Hanau Holy Roman EmpireDied 1676 08 17 17 August 1676Renchen Margraviate of Baden Holy Roman EmpirePen nameGerman Schleifheim von Sulsfort various anagrams of his name a OccupationWriterLanguageGermanPeriodBaroque era GermanyGenreNovel Allegory SatireLiterary movementGerman BaroqueNotable worksSimplicius SimplicissimusSpouseKatharina Henninger Contents 1 Early life 2 Works 3 Death and legacy 4 Notes 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksEarly life editGrimmelshausen was born at Gelnhausen At the age of ten he was kidnapped by Hessian soldiers and in their midst experienced military life in the Thirty Years War In 1639 he became a regular soldier in the Imperial Army At the latest in the year 1644 he worked as a writer in a regiment s chancellery from that year on documents by Hans Jakob Christoffel exist At the close of the war Grimmelshausen entered the service of Franz Egon von Furstenberg bishop of Strasbourg In 1665 he was made magistrate German Schultheiss at Renchen in Baden On obtaining this appointment he devoted himself to literary pursuits 3 Works edit nbsp Abenteuerlicher Simplicissimus frontispiece of an early editionGrimmelshausen s work is greatly influenced by previous utopian and travel literature and the Simplicissimus series attained a readership larger than any other seventeenth century novel Formerly he was credited with Der fliegende Wandersmann nach dem Mond a translation from Jean Baudoin s L Homme dans la Lune itself a translation of Francis Godwin s The Man in the Moone 4 but recent scholars have disputed this he did however write an appendix to a 1667 edition of that translation the basis for that association Der fliegende Wandersman was included in his collected works though without the appendix 5 In 1668 Grimmelshausen published Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus 6 which has been called the greatest German novel of the 17th century 7 For this work he took as his model the picaresque romances of Spain already to some extent known in Germany Simplicissimus has been interpreted as its author s autobiography he begins with the childhood of his hero and describes the latter s adventures amid the stirring scenes of the Thirty Years War The rustic detail with which these pictures are presented makes the book a valuable document of its time For some however the later parts of the book overindulge in allegory and finally become a Robinson Crusoe story 3 The historian Robert Ergang draws upon Gustav Konnecke s Quellen und Forschungen zur Lebensgeschichte Grimmelshausens to assert that the events related in the novel Simplicissimus could hardly have been autobiographical since Grimmelshausen lived a peaceful existence in quiet towns and villages on the fringe of the Black Forest and that the material he incorporated in his work was not taken from actual experience but was either borrowed from the past collected from hearsay or created by a vivid imagination 8 Among Grimmelshausen s other works are the so called Simplicianische Schriften German Simplizianische Schriften Die Ertzbetrugerin and Landstortzerin Courasche 9 1670 Der seltsame Springinsfeld 10 1670 Das wunderbarliche Vogelnest 1672 He also published satires such as Der teutsche Michel 11 1673 and gallant novels like Dietwald und Amelinde 1670 Death and legacy edit nbsp 1879 Grimmelshausen monument in RenchenHe died in Renchen in 1676 where a monument was erected to him in 1879 2 Grimmelshausen s Landstortzerin Courasche became an inspiration for Bertolt Brecht s play Mother Courage and Her Children 12 13 Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus lent its name to Simplicissimus a satirical German weekly which ran from 1894 to 1944 and 1954 to 1967 Notes edit List of pseudonyms attributed as anagrams to Grimmelshausen Samuel Greiffensohn von HirschfeldGerman Schleifheim von SulsfortMelchior Sternfels von FugshaimPhilarchus Grossus von TrommenheimMichael Rechulin von SehmsdorfEric Steinfels von GrufenshohnSimon Lengfrisch von HartenfelsIsrael Fromschmid von Hugenfels 14 References edit Krause Tilman Baier Ute 24 June 2005 Ratselhafter junger Mann Mysterious young man Die Welt in German Retrieved 15 November 2019 a b c Grimmelshausen Hans Jacob Christoph von Encyclopaedia Britannica 13 August 2018 Retrieved 17 October 2018 a b nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Grimmelshausen Hans Jakob Christoffel von Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 12 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 603 Hennig John 1945 Simplicius Simplicissimus s British Relations Modern Language Review 40 1 37 45 doi 10 2307 3717748 JSTOR 3717748 Burger Thomas Schmidt Glintzer Helwig 1993 Der Fliegende Wandersmann nach dem Mond Faksimiledruck der deutschen Ubersetzung in German Wolfenbuttel Herzog August Bibliothek published 1995 ISBN 978 3 88373 074 5 Grimmelshausen H J Chr 1669 Der abentheurliche Simplicissimus The adventurous Simplicissimus in German Nuremberg J Fillion OCLC 22567416 Moore Steven 2013 Novel An Alternative History 1600 1800 New York Bloomsbury p 61 ISBN 978 1441188694 Ergang Robert H 1956 The Myth of the All Destructive Fury of the Thirty Years War Pocono Pines PA The Craftsmen OCLC 905630683 Grimmelshausen H J Chr 1670 Trutz Simplex Die Ertzbetrugerin und Landstortzerin Courasche Simple s defense The arch fraud and pauper Courage in German Nuremberg W E Felssecker OCLC 248092792 Grimmelshausen H J Chr 1670 Der seltzame Springinsfeld The strange Jump into the field in German Nuremberg W E Felssecker OCLC 79549164 Grimmelshausen H J Chr 1673 Simplicissimi Pralerey und Geprang mit seinem Teutschen Michel Simplicissimus boast and talk with his German Michel in German Nuremberg Harold Bloom 2009 Bertolt Brecht Comprehensive Research and Study Guide Infobase Publishing p 28 ISBN 978 1 4381 1639 6 G Ronald Murphy 2010 Gemstone of Paradise The Holy Grail in Wolfram s Parzival Oxford University Press p 203 ISBN 978 0 19 974759 7 Anagramme Grimmelshausens in German Grimmelshausenfreunde Renchen e V Retrieved 17 November 2019 Further reading editArthur F J Remy 1913 Johann Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen In Herbermann Charles ed Catholic Encyclopedia New York Robert Appleton Company Grimmelshausen Hans Jakob Kristoffel von Encyclopedia Americana 1920 Antoine Ferdinand 1882 Etude sur le Simplicissimus de Grimmelshausen Study about Grimmelshausen s Simplicissimus Thesis in French Paris Klincksieck OCLC 15378464 Grimmelshausen Hans Jacob Christoffel von 1986 1669 An unabridged translation of Simplicius simplicissimus Translated by Adair Monte Frederick Lanham MD University Press of America ISBN 9780819153487 Grimmelshausen Hans Jacob Christoffel von 2011 1670 Courage The vindictive tramp Translated by Adair Monte Frederick Magdeburg Copy Team ISBN 9783941170674 Grimmelshausen Hans Jacob Christoffel von 2012 1670 The Elusive Springinsfeld Translated by Adair Monte Frederick Magdeburg Copy Team ISBN 9783941170667 Grimmelshausen Hans Jacob Christoffel von 1882 1669 Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus in German Vol 1 Berlin und Stuttgart W Spemann Grimmelshausen Hans Jacob Christoffel von 1882 1669 Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus in German Vol 2 Berlin und Stuttgart W Spemann Grimmelshausen Hans Jacob Christoffel von 1912 1669 Simplicius Simplicissimus Translated by Goodrick Arthur Thomas Scrope London Wiliam Heinemann Grimmelshausen Hans Jacob Christoffel von 1975 1669 Der Abentheurliche Simplicissimus Teutsch in German Munchen dtv ISBN 3538050988 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen Works by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen at Internet Archive Works by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Author page for Grimmelshausen on Projekt Gutenberg DE Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen amp oldid 1176464064, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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