Karl Joseph Simrock, was a German poet and writer.
Background
He was born in Bonn, where his father was a music publisher.
Education
He studied law at the University of Bonn and Humboldt University, Berlin, and in 1823 entered the Prussian civil service, from which he was expelled in 1830 for writing a poem in praise of the July Revolution in France.
Career
He is primarily known for his translation of the Nibelungenlied into modern German. Afterwards he became a lecturer at the University of Bonn, where in 1850 he was made a professor of Old German literature and where he died.