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Opitz, Martin

Born: 23/12/1597, Bunzlau in Silesia

Died: 20/8/1639, Danzig (Gdánsk)

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Martin Opitz, regarded as the “Father of German Poetry” (cf. Garber), is a pioneer in establishing a national German literature by creating a reform of vernacular poetry and introducing foreign literary models.

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  1. Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Astrid Dröse

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  1. Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Venezia, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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  1. Firenze, Italy

    Michael Wyatt

  2. University Ca' Foscari Venice, Venice, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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Dröse, A. (2020). Opitz, Martin. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_871-1

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