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Christian Hofmann von Hofmannswaldau (1616/7–1679)
Hofmann von Hofmannswaldau, Christian (hof’män fon hof’mäns-väld’ou). A German politician and poet; born in Breslau, Dec. 25, 1616/7; died there, April 18, 1679. His literary work comprises odes, epigrams, wedding songs, and the like. His ‘Occasional Poems’ and ‘Hero Letters’ are admirable, although betraying English influence. He was the great reformer of what is known as the Silesian school of poetic art, and may be said to have founded a distinct movement in German literature.