Hans-Hermann Sprado
Hans-Hermann "Hannes" Sprado (born July 3, 1956 in Bassum ; † July 24, 2014 ) was a German journalist and author . Until his death he was editor-in-chief and publisher of PM magazine .
Life
Sprado first completed a traineeship at Bremen Weser-Kurier before he worked as an editor for Bunte and later as chief reporter for Bild .
In 1994 he switched to the Gruner + Jahr publishing house . There he made a significant contribution to the knowledge magazine PM, of which he was editor-in-chief (from 1994, 2009–2014) and publisher (from 2001, 2012–2014). Under his leadership, pseudoscientific to esoteric content took up an ever wider space in the magazine, from which the editors later distanced themselves. Sprado also developed offshoots such as PM Biography and PM History . In the meantime he acted as editor-in-chief of Marie Claire .
From 2005 Sprado also wrote various novels and non-fiction books.
He lived with his family in Neubruchhausen near Bremen .
Works
- Cracks in fame. Münster, Solibro Verlag , 2005, ISBN 978-3-932927-26-3
- Death at Fashion Week. Münster, Solibro, 2007, ISBN 978-3-932927-39-3
- The dark ritual. Reinbek near Hamburg, Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-24933-4
- Runic grave. Reinbek near Hamburg, Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-24934-1
- Eating, super fast, indestructible: the fantastic life of cockroaches. Ullstein. Berlin, Ullstein, 2012, ISBN 978-3548374130
- Death comes cold. Bremen, Edition Temmen, 2013, ISBN 978-3837870206
- The Sound of Space: How Planetary Tones, Sacred Sounds, and Nature's Music Can Heal. Arkana, 2014, ISBN 978-3-442-34136-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans-Hermann Sprado in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hans-Hermann Sprado at solibro.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ G + J mourns the loss of the "PM" boss: Hans-Hermann Sprado is dead at kress.de, accessed on July 28, 2014
- ↑ Hans-Hermann Sprado. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 1012, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .
- ↑ "National Geographic wants to be the voice of reason". In: meedia.de. June 8, 2018, accessed April 16, 2020 .
- ↑ The PM story ( memento from August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at pm-magazin.de, accessed on July 28, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sprado, Hans-Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sprado, Hannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bassum |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 2014 |