Heinrich Herm

Heinrich Herm , pseudonym for Henri Legras (born September 28, 1882 in Rouen , † November 1, 1948 in Freiburg im Üechtland ), was a French lawyer and writer.

Life

Herm came from an old upper class family. He studied law in France and successfully completed this course with a doctorate . He then completed his habilitation and was appointed professor for law and legal history in Friborg (Switzerland) in 1912 .

In 1914 he married the German citizen Gertrud Schlesinger and settled with her in Delley- Portalban . In addition to his scientific work, Herm began to work literarily and was able to debut in 1926 with his novel Dome im Feuer . In it he addressed - under the impression of the First World War - a possible peace in Europe and especially the reconciliation of France with Germany.

When Herm died on November 1, 1948 at the age of 66, he was almost forgotten as a writer, although his first publications had just been praised by the public and official literary critics.

Works (selection)

• Non-fiction
  • Outline of Swiss legal history . Schulthess Verlag, Zurich 1935.

• Fiction
  • When Normandy Was Still a Museum (unpublished)
  • Encounter in the jungle . Francke Verlag, Bern 1934.
  • Demon sea. Novel . Verlag Grote, Berlin 1927.
  • The demons of Jemaa el Fnaa. A marriage novel . Francke Verlag, Bern 1943.
  • Dome in the fire. Career of a European . Verlag Grote, Berlin 1926.
  • Captain Hagedorn's journey into the light . Francke Verlag, Bern 1944.
  • The dowry. A detective novel . Francke Verlag, Bern 1941.
  • Moira. Novel . Verlag Grote, Berlin 1932.
  • The tricolor. Novel . Francke Verlag, Bern 1937.

literature

• Wilhelm Ziehr (Ed.): Swiss Lexicon . Verlag des Schweizer Lexikons, Visp 1998ff. (12 vols.)
  • 5. 1999, ISBN 3-9520144-8-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinrich Herm in the catalog of the German National Library