Henry Seymour (writer)
Henry Seymour (born September 14, 1931 in Stuttgart as Helmut Hartmann ) is a German-British crime writer , children's book author and translator . The son of the writer Sophie Hartmann has published more than 600 entertaining novels for young people and adults under various pseudonyms in German and English since 1957. His works have been published by Ueberreuter , Pabel , Goldmann and TOSA (Vienna) , among others .
Seymour now lives and works in Wales .
Novels (selection)
- Poor little newspaper boy , youth novel, Michael Winkler Verlag, Cologne, 1957
- Intrigue in Tangier , detective novel, Gifford, 1958
- What Peter experienced , youth novel, Klein, 1959
- In the Still of the Night , detective novel, Gifford, 1966
- Infernal Idol , Mystery / Horror, Avon, 1966 - filmed in 1974 as Craze - Demon of Horror with Jack Palance , Diana Dors and Edith Evans
- Inspector Dixon , juvenile detective novels, 10 volumes, 1970–75, Ueberreuter , Vienna
- Commissioner X , 192 crime fiction novel booklets, from 1971, Pabel , Rastatt
- Rote Laterne , 108 Frauenschicksal novel booklets, from 1975, Zauberkreis / Pabel , Rastatt
- more than 230 native and mountain novels under various pseudonyms
Translations (selection)
- John D. MacDonald : Gold casts bloody shadows . Fischer, Frankfurt / Main 2017, ISBN 978-3-596-31802-5 .
- Maurice Leblanc : The Adventures of Arsène Lupine . 4 volumes: The Crystal Plug, 813, The Tiger's Tooth, The Golden Triangle.
- Martin Barkawitz : Killer Girls . Belle Époque Verlag , Dettenhausen 2019
Web links
- Literature by and about Henry Seymour in the catalog of the German National Library
- Henry Seymour in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Author's page at S. Fischer
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seymour, Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hartmann, Helmut (real name); Hart, Henry (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |