Georg Philipp Harsdörffer

Georg Philipp Harsdörffer Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1 November 1607 – 17 September 1658) was a Jurist, Baroque-period German poet and translator.

Born in Nuremberg, he studied law at Altdorf and Strassburg. He studied at the University of Strassburg under professor Matthias Bernegger. He subsequently traveled through the Netherlands, England, France and Italy. While he was in Italy, he came into contact with members of learned academies. He shared his desire for reform in literary and linguistic for the improvement of moral and culture of the society.

His knowledge of languages earned him the appellation "the learned." He was well-versed in contemporary French culture and literature. As an innovative poet, he was receptive to ideas from abroad. He is still known for his "Germanizations" of foreign-language terms. As a member of the Fruitbearing Society (Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft) he was called ''der Spielende'' (the player). In 1644 jointly with Johann Klaj he founded the , a literary society, in Nuremberg. He was known by the name Strephon among the members of this order.

His writings in German and Latin fill fifty volumes, and a selection of his poems, which are mostly interesting for their form, can be found in Müller's ''Bibliothek deutscher Dichter des 17ten Jahrhunderts'', vol. ix (Leipzig, 1826). Widmann (Altdorf, 1707) wrote a biography of him.

In his ''Treatise to Protect the Work on the German Language (1644)'', he asserted that German ‘speaks with the tongues of nature.'

He was the father of Karl Gottlieb Harsdörffer (1637–1708). Provided by Wikipedia
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    [Nuremberg : W. Endter, 1641]
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    Nürnberg : In Verlegung Paulus Fürsten, Kunsthändlers : Gedruckt durch Heinrich Pillenhofer, 1652.
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    Nürnberg : In Verlegung Wolffgangs des Iüng. und Ioh. Andre[æ] Endtern, 1655.
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    Nürnberg : In Verlegung Christop hund [sic] Paul Endtern, Buchhändlern, 1661.
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    Berlin : Gerhardt Verlag, 1964.
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    Norimbergæ : Impensis Wolfgangi Endteri, 1646.
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    Hamburg : Bey Iohann Naumann, Buchhändler, 1666.
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