Logau, Friedrich, Freiherr Von

Related Category: German Literature: Biographies

(frē´drĭkh frī´hĕr fən lō´gou), 1604–55, German poet, b. Silesia. Influenced by Martin Opitz, Logau wrote epigrams in the contemporary fashion, bringing a wide range of literary expression to this succinct poetic form. The chief collection of his epigrams is Deutscher Sinngetichte drey Tausend (1654).