Franjo Terhart

Reading January 16, 2014 Krefeld

Franz-Josef Terhart (* 1954 in Essen ) is a German author. His best known and best-selling book is Me - Grace O'Malley . His focus is on children's and non-fiction books and Ireland.

Life

Franjo Terhart is a trained Latin and philosophy teacher. From 1981 to 1985 he worked as a teacher. During his teaching degree, he worked as a lecturer for literature and philosophy and was also active as a journalist for WDR , the Neue Rhein Zeitung and other newspapers. From 1991 to 2016 he was a freelance cultural representative in Neukirchen-Vluyn .

Works

Terharts work comprises mainly non-fiction books in the field of esoteric , the religion and mysticism , but also historical novels, children's books with historical and fantasy topics and novels around Ireland. Some of his books have been translated into Estonian , Italian , Romanian , Spanish , French and Turkish .

• Sung over your body . Gauke, Hannoversch Münden 1980, ISBN 3-87998-844-7
• Loof's diary entries , illustrations by Hape Kluge, Bläschke, Sankt Michael 1980, ISBN 3-7053-0970-6
• The ghost carousel. Erzählungen , Tentamen, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-921625-76-9
• I - Grace O'Malley. The adventurous story of an Irish pirate , Bitter, Recklinghausen 1991, ISBN 3-7903-0415-8
• Ireland. Land and people on the Shannon , Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1992, ISBN 3-404-69003-6
• Light behind the mirror , Bitter, Recklinghausen 1993, ISBN 3-7903-0483-2
• Brittany. Land of the Ankou, the menhirs and the magic forests , Goldmann, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-442-13019-0
• Zacharias Zuck , illustrations by Sabine Koch, Parabel, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-7898-0393-6
• The scar of the sea. An Irish History , Pandion-Verlag, Bad Kreuznach 1994, ISBN 3-922929-49-4
• The secret of the light blue forest , Bitter, Recklinghausen 1995, ISBN 3-7903-0536-7
• Maud. My Irish love , Salzer, Heilbronn 1995, ISBN 3-7936-0342-3
• The secret of the initiated. What spiritual personalities reveal to us , Ariston Verlag, Kreuzlingen 1996, ISBN 3-7205-1913-9
• Anne Bonny. Pirate Queen of the Caribbean , Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1996, ISBN 3-404-61356-2
• Initiation teachings. Templars, Rosicrucians, Freemasons and other secret societies , Goldmann, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-12269-4
• Under the sign of the she-wolf. Veleda - Seherin der Teutons , Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-423-70521-3
• Wise women and magical cults. Priestesses, sibyls, witches and other sorceresses , Ullstein, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-548-35799-7
• The guardians of the holy grail. The hidden knowledge of the Knights Templar , Hugendubel, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-89631-333-9
• The lioness of Brittany , Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1999, ISBN 3-404-14236-5
• The treasure of the Knights Templar. On the trail of hidden riches , Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2002, ISBN 3-404-70192-5
• Undiscovered Pyrenees. On old shepherds' paths through the land of the Cathars , Goldmann, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-71169-X
• The Wolf of the Seas , Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2003, ISBN 3-473-52235-X
• Knights Templar , Hugendubel, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7205-2462-0
• Freemason , Hugendubel, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7205-2488-4
• Maeve - Mistress of the Storms , Ueberreuter, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-8000-5126-5
• The magic eye. A fantasy action novel in the world of the ancient gods , Mohland, Goldebeck 2005, ISBN 3-936120-87-0
• The secret of the amphora. A Mitratekrimi from ancient Rome , with drawings by Marei Schweitzer, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-423-70982-0
• A pet for Henriette , pictures by Era Freidzon, artwerk, Dortmund 2006, ISBN 978-3-938927-07-6
• Beyond worlds. Afterlife , Parragon, Bath 2006, ISBN 978-1-4054-7894-6
• Magic. The Secret Art , Parragon, Bath 2006, ISBN 978-1-4054-7896-0
• World religions. Origin - History - Practice - Faith - Worldview , with Janina Schulze, Parragon, Bath 2006, ISBN 978-1-4054-7899-1
• The gladiator's son. A Mitratekrimi from ancient Rome , with drawings by Volker Fredrich, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-423-71224-8
• Kaballa. Jewish mysticism , Parragon, Bath 2007, ISBN 978-1-4054-7978-3
• The Holy Grail. Myth of the Occident , Parragon, Bath 2007, ISBN 978-1-4054-7979-0
• Crescent moon and sun. One love in Islam , Edition Hamouda, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-940075-08-6
• Florina and the magic stone. Ten bedtime stories , Edition Hamouda, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-940075-13-0
• The eyes of the hydra. A Mitratekrimi from ancient Rome , with illustrations by Volker Fredrich, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-423-71370-2
• Me - Grace O'Malley: the adventurous story of an Irish pirate (modified edition), Edition Hamouda, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-940075-34-5
• The secret of the silent warriors. An adventure from ancient China , with illustrations by Volker Fredrich, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-423-07724-8
• The secrets of my master Hieronymus Bosch , Edition Hamouda, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-940075-29-1
• The dragon that couldn't breathe fire , with illustrations by Era Freidzon, Drachenmond-Verlag, Leverkusen 2009, ISBN 978-3-931989-50-7
• Haunted Pompeii. An adventure from Roman times , illustrations by Volker Fredrich, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-423-76032-4
• The Frenchman's saber: Murder on the Lower Rhine , Mercator Verlag, Duisburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-87463-509-7
• The Mithras Murders by Moers , Magenta-Verlag, Krefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-944299-03-7
• The magical Carthaginian coin - an exciting journey through time to Hannibal and the Romans , Edition Hamouda 2014, ISBN 978-3-940075-86-4
• La pièce de monnaie carthaginoise magique - un passionant voyage dans le temps à la rencontre d`Hannibal et des Romains , Edition Hamouda 2015, ISBN 978-3-95817-007-0
• Anforanın Sırrı , Beyoğlu, İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, ISBN 978-605-332-870-4

broadcast

• The dragon that couldn't breathe fire . One of the episodes in the series " Ohrbär ", SFB (today: rbb ). Read in by Sabine Sinjen , first broadcast: December 30, 1989

Others

• Darina: symphonic fairy tale for speaker and large orchestra , composer: Hanns-Christoph Schuster, text: Franjo Terhart

Awards

• 1982 Culture Prize for Poetry from the City of Essen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rheinische Post December 21, 2016
2. ↑ DNB

Web links

• Literature by and about Franjo Terhart in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Franjo Terhart
• Short biography of Franjo Terhart