Background
Von Zesen was born in Priorau near Dessau.
Von Zesen was born in Priorau near Dessau.
From 1639 to 1641 he studied rhetorics and poetry at the University of Wittenberg.
Some of his works are published under his pen name Ritterhold von Blauen. During the war years from 1642 to 1648 von Zesen lived in the Dutch Republic working as a translator. In 1648 he returned to his hometown of Priorau and was accepted to the Fruitbearing Society in 1649.
From 1656 he worked in the Dutch Republic again, being a major contributor to Elsevier publishing company.
Fruitbearing Society.