Hermann Plahn

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Hermann Plahn (born March 2, 1865 in Schweidnitz , † after 1906 ) was a German writer . He used the pseudonyms Pan-Appan and Appiani .

Life

Hermann Plahn moved to Berlin with his parents in the first year of his life . His mother died in 1871. His father, a bookseller, died in 1874 while on a trip to Italy. From then on, Hermann Plahn lived with his grandparents in Potsdam , where he attended high school. In 1883 he had to drop out of school because his grandparents also died. He worked in the book trade and as an editor before he was able to continue studying in 1887 thanks to an inheritance. In 1888 he went to Leipzig to study literature after obtaining his secondary school leaving certificate , and in 1889 to Berlin, where he studied natural sciences. From 1892 to 1903 he worked as an industrial chemist in various factories in Germany and Romania . In 1906 he worked as a chemist in Aschersleben . The further course of Hermann Plahn's life and the date of his death are not known.

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In addition to chemistry literature and two plays , Hermann Plahn published a collection of fantastic short stories . This is entitled Strange Stories: Grotesques and the like. Phantasmagoria from the realm of the unearthly world .

Included in the collection is the story A True Dream . In it a doctor dreams that he is riding a bicycle to see a patient. He breaks down on the way. A pedestrian helps him with the repair, but then drives away on his bike. The magistrate, who happens to be driving by, helps the doctor to track down and overpower the thief. The day after the dream, the doctor actually has to visit a remote patient. His bike broke down on the way. Again the pedestrian helps. This time, however, the doctor prevents him from driving away by force. The passing magistrate sees this and the doctor is convicted of the assault.

Another story from the collection, Vision , was translated into English and appeared in the July 1935 issue of Weird Tales magazine under the title On a Train with a Madman .

Publications

book

  • Strange stories: grotesques and the like Phantasmagoria from the realm of the unearthly world. Thuringian publishing house H. Bartholomäus, Erfurt 1927

Plays

  • Carthalo: historical drama. Appelhans & Pfenningstorff, 1892
  • The bet: comedy. 1892

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brümmer, Franz: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Part 5. Reclam, Leipzig 1913
  2. ↑ Franz Rottensteiner and Michael Koseler (eds.): Work guide through the utopian-fantastic literature. Corian-Verlag, Meitingen 1988 ff., ISBN 978-3-89048-800-4 , 5th edition. June 1990
  3. ↑ Tellers of Weird Tales, Pan-Appan (1865 -?) - Part 1
  4. ^ Tellers of Weird Tales, Pan-Appan (1865 -?) - Part 2

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personal data
SURNAME Plahn, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pan-Appan (pseudonym); Appiani (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Schweidnitz
DATE OF DEATH after 1906