Der Stricker

Japanese: シュトリッカー（英語表記）Der Stricker

A poet active mainly in Austria in the first half of the 13th century. Dates of birth and death unknown. His name, "The Ropemaker," suggests he was of common descent, and his style of writing has earned him the distinction of being the first commoner poet in the German-speaking world. Although he also wrote full-length epics, his forte was his short epic poems, "Fabliau," which combined entertainment and moral teaching, and he preferred to write about the relationships between men and women and between husband and wife, from a different perspective to chivalric literature. His most famous work is a series of adventure stories starring the cunning and mischievous monk Amis, whose character would later be associated with "Till Eulenspiegel."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

13世紀前半に主としてオーストリアで活躍した詩人。生没年不詳。〈縄作り人〉という名前から市民の出と推定され，その作風からもドイツ語圏最初の庶民詩人として注目される。長編叙事詩も残したが，本領は娯楽と教訓を兼ねた短編叙事詩《ファブリオFabliau》で，騎士文学とは異なった視点から好んで男女，夫婦の間柄をテーマにした。代表作は狡猾でいたずらな僧アミースAmisを主人公とする一連の冒険談で，この人物像は後の《ティル･オイレンシュピーゲル》につながる。

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