Herman Franke

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Herman Franke (actually Hermannus Johannes Franke, born October 13, 1948 in Groningen ; † August 14, 2010 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch criminologist , university professor and freelance writer since 1995. He became known first through non-fiction books and media appearances as a legal sociologist, later through novels, stories and essays .

Life

The son of a Catholic middle-class family, who grew up in Groningen-Zuiderdiep, initially worked as a newspaper reporter for the Nieuwsblad van het Noorden in the 1970s . After completing a degree in sociology in Amsterdam, he specialized in criminology. His final thesis, Twee eeuwen gevangen ... , which was rated summa cum laude , was recognized as the best foreign specialist publication in 1995 by the American Society of Criminology . It was reissued in a shortened version for the general public. At the University of Amsterdam , he made it to the position of senior lecturer in the sociology of criminal law / criminology and a sought-after media expert in this field. He has published several non-fiction books on crime and justice .

He made his debut as a writer in 1992 with the novel Weg van loze dromen (= street of idle dreams). His second novel, Nieuws van de nacht 1995, did not attract much attention either. He decided to become a full-time writer that same year and left university. His breakthrough among the literary audience actually came in 1998 with the novel De verbeelding (= The Imagination), for which he received the renowned Dutch AKO Literature Prize. With the literary essay volume De ironie van de romantiek , which was written for the Frans-Kellendonk reading at the Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen , Franke showed another facet of his skills in 2000. In 2003 his novel Wolfstonen and in 2004 the band Notulen (= minutes) appeared with short stories.

Franke worked as an essayist, columnist and commentator for the internationally renowned Amsterdam daily De Volkskrant . In 2004 a selection of his columns was published under the title Waarom vrouwen betere lezers zijn (= Why women are better readers). Franke was also always active as a literary critic for the literary magazines of other newspapers. At the literary magazine De Revisor , he was part of the regular authors. At the end of 2007 the novel Uit het niets (= Out of nowhere) came out, the first part of the novel cycle Voorbij ik en waargebeurd . At the end of 2008, the second part of Zoek op lende (= search for love) was published.

Herman Franke died on August 14, 2010 in his Amsterdam apartment of an incurable prostate cancer .

Works

Non-fiction
  • Van schavot naar krantekolom: over de ontwikkeling van de misdaadverslaggeving in het Algemeen Handelsblad vanaf 1828 to 1900 , 1981
  • De dood in het leven van alledag: twee eeuwen rouwadvertenties en openbare strafvoltrekkingen in Nederland , 1985
  • Twee eeuwen gevangen over de geschiedenis van het gevangeniswezen en het emancipatieproces van gevangen vanaf het AD van de achttiende eeuw tot heden
  • Twee eeuwen gevangen: misdaad en straf in Nederland , 1990
  • Alledaags en ongewoon geweld , 1991
  • Zonde van de jeugd: een inventarisatie van recent onderzoewk naar jeugd en criminaliteit in Nederland
  • The emancipation of prisoners: a socio-historical analysis of the Dutch prison experience 1995
  • De makes van het lijden: twee eeuwen gevangenisstraf in Nederland , 1996
  • De tuinman en de dood van Diana: verhalende beschouwingen , 1999
  • De Verleiding , 2003
Novels
  • Weg van loze dromen novel, 1992
  • Nieuws van de Nacht: Roman , 1995
  • De verbeelding novel, 1998
  • Wolfstonen novel, 2003
  • Notulen Erzählungen Podium, Amsterdam 2004 ISBN 90-5759-176-6
  • Uit het niets Roman, 2007
  • Zoek op Rande Roman, 2008
Essays
  • De ironie van de romantiek, Kellendonklezing, 2000
  • Waarom vrouwen betere lezers zijn columns, 2004
  • Art as morele vrijplaats: moet in de art wat elders niet mag , 2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://www.dasgefrorenemeer.de/bios/hermanfranke.html
  2. ↑ De Volkskrant of August 17, 2010: Herman Franke vaak boos maar nooit humorloos
  3. ↑ Short biography in English  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.winternachten.nl  
  4. ^ Volkskrant obituary
personal data
SURNAME Franke, Herman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Franke, Hermannus Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch writer, university professor and criminologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Groningen
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2010
Place of death Amsterdam