Sigmund von Birken (25 April 1626 – 12 June 1681) was a Germanpoet of theBaroque. He was born inWildstein, nearEger, and died inNuremberg, 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 brotherAnton Ulrich and edited by Sigmund von Birken.[1][2]
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