Herbert Christian Nagel
Herbert Christian Nagel (born November 13, 1924 in Oberhausen-Sterkrade ) is a German author who is best known for his western novels .
Since the 1950s, Nagel has written around 200 novels for loan books, novel booklets and paperbacks under changing pseudonyms . From 1984 to 1985 Kelter-Verlag published a series of novels devoted only to Nagel. According to Nagel, he always tried to portray the Wild West authentically. He tried to avoid a falsified image, anything striking, clichéd and stereotyped. As early as the mid-1960s he said: “In each of my novels I try to get to the bottom of a historically true representation. The terrific material simply forces me to do it. "
Pseudonyms used: HC Nagel, HC Hollister, Steve C. Harding, Perkey S. Blane, Owen W. Krüger, Ted Milton, Ringo Traft, Jesse C. Vandenberg
Herbert Christian Nagel was head of department at the press office in Gelsenkirchen .
Web links
- Herbert Christian Nagel in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- http://www.hugo-kastner.at/wes_autoren_sep09.pdf
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| SURNAME | Nagel, Herbert Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nagel, HC (pseudonym); Hollister, HC (pseudonym); Harding, Steve C. (pen name); Blane, Perkey S. (pseudonym); Krüger, Owen W. (pseudonym); Milton, Ted (pseudonym); Traft, Ringo (pseudonym); Vandenberg, Jesse C. (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberhausen-Sterkrade |