Hans Herlin

The title of this article is ambiguous. The sculptor and wood carver of the same name can be found under Hans Herlin (sculptor)

Hans Herlin (born December 24, 1925 in Stadtlohn ; † December 20, 1994 in Autun (Bourgogne, France)) was a German writer and journalist.

During his military service in World War II , Hans Herlin fled to Switzerland in 1944 . After the war he studied German. He became a journalist for Stern magazine and, in 1971, head of publishing at Fritz Molden Verlag . He had lived in France since 1977, where he died of a heart attack in 1994. His books have been translated into 18 languages, some of which were used as templates for film productions.

Works (selection)

Biographies

• The devil flyer. Ernst Udet and the history of his time . Heyne Verlag, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-453-00353-5 .
• The beloved. Clara Petacci's tragic love for Benito Mussolini . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-596-31960-2 . (EA Rastatt 1980)

prose

• Friends. Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-596-31959-6 (EA Munich 1974)
• Day and night stories. Droemer Knaur Verlag, Locarno 1978, ISBN 3-85886-070-0 .
• Fire in the grass. Novel. Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-596-31961-9 .
• Satan is on God's side. Novel. Moewig Verlag, Rastatt 1985, ISBN 3-8118-2237-3 . (EA Rastatt 1981)
• The last spring in Paris. Novel. Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-612-27116-4 (EA Düsseldorf 1983)
• Grishin or Lenin's smile. Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1987, ISBN 3-404-11196-6 .
• Siberia transfer. Novel about the gold of the tsars. Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-596-31957-2 (EA Bergisch Gladbach 1992)
• The Belmonts. Novel. Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach,

1. The Belmonts . 1992, ISBN 3-7857-0658-8 .
2. The law of the Belmonts . 1994, ISBN 3-404-12315-8 .

Non-fiction

• Damn the Atlantic. Fates of German submarine drivers. Factual report. Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1994, ISBN 3-89350-553-9 . (EA Hamburg 1959)
• The last man from Dogger Bank . Authentic account of a drama in the Atlantic. Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-596-31981-7 . (EA Munich 1979)
• The secret powers of the supernatural. Incredible facts. Verlag Moderne Industrie, Munich 1980.
• Attention world, here is the way of the cross. The aviators from Hiroshima . Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-548-34252-3 .
• The storm surge. North Sea coast and Hamburg in February 1962. Verlag Die Hanse, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-434-52613-7 .

Film adaptations

• Satan is on God's side. FRG 1983.
• Prátélè. CZ 1986 (based on the novel "Friends")
• Deadly money. FRG 1995 (based on the novel "The Belmonts")

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans Herlin in the catalog of the German National Library
• Hans Herlin in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
• Short biography in the New York Times