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Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau

1616 - 1679

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Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (baptised 25 December 1616 – 4 April 1679) was a German poet of the Baroque era. He was born and died in Breslau (Wrocław) in Silesia. During his education in Danzig (Gdańsk) and Leiden, he befriended Martin Opitz and Andreas Gryphius, both leading figures in 17th-century German poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau has received more than 34,173 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau is the 4,918th most popular writer (down from 4,174th in 2019), the 1,003rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 840th in 2019) and the 120th most popular Polish Writer.

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Notable Works

Gedichte Aus Neukirchs Anthologie
2012
Sinnreiche Heldenbriefe
2012

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau ranks 4,918 out of 7,302. Before him are Diane Ackerman, Eugène Guillevic, József Katona, Jan Arnald, Edmund Wilson, and Willem Bilderdijk. After him are Richard Bentley, Ján Hollý, Beatriz Galindo, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, John Hersey, and Heinrich Christian Boie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1616, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau ranks 16. Before him are François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Eustache Le Sueur, Kuzma Minin, Caesar van Everdingen, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, and John Owen. After him are Shah Shuja, and Nicholas Culpeper. Among people deceased in 1679, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau ranks 19. Before him are Margherita de' Medici, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Anne Conway, Abraham Mignon, Jan van Kessel the Elder, and Jan van de Cappelle. After him is John Mayow.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau ranks 1,003 out of 1,694. Before him are Walter Krueger (1881), Anna Jantar (1950), Thadée Cisowski (1927), Danuta Szaflarska (1915), Johannes Thiele (1860), and Mariusz Lewandowski (1979). After him are Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1951), Leo Königsberger (1837), Erich Mende (1916), Karol Olszewski (1846), Kazimierz Nycz (1950), and Anna Grodzka (1954).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau ranks 120. Before him are Michalina Wisłocka (1921), Paweł Huelle (1957), Hanna Krall (1935), Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621), Jan Chryzostom Pasek (1636), and Alexander Abusch (1902). After him are Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1725), Klabund (1890), Jan Kasprowicz (1860), Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891), Paul Mattick (1904), and Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865).

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