Simplicius Simplicissimus

1669 · Book · picaresque novel, developmental novel, theatre, war literature

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen

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Simplicius Simplicissimus is a picaresque novel of the lower Baroque style, written in five books by German author Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen published in 1668, with the sequel Continuatio appearing in 1669. Inspired by the events and horrors of the Thirty Years' War which devastated Germany from 1618 to 1648, it is regarded as the first adventure novel in the German language and the first German novel masterpiece.

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Type: Book
Release date: January 1, 1669
Genres: picaresque novel, developmental novel, theatre, war literature
Created by: Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
Countries: Germany