Hugo Kocher

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Hugo Kocher ( pseudonyms : Max Bram , Maria Hörmann , Ursula Kemmler , Heinrich Neckar ; born August 17, 1904 in Tübingen , † October 3, 1972 in Munich ) was a German writer and illustrator .

Life

Hugo Kocher graduated after attending the secondary school in Tübingen courses in painting and paper cutting at the local university . He then went on extensive trips to various European countries; he earned his living u. a. in Norway as an assistant in fishing and selling my own paintings . Kocher completed his artistic training at an art school in Düsseldorf and Geneva . He then worked as an illustrator.

After the success of his first book for young people in 1936, Hugo Kocher lived as a freelance writer and painter in Munich . From 1940 Kocher took part in the Second World War as a Wehrmacht soldier and was taken prisoner by the British . After his release he returned to Munich, where he again worked as a writer for young people.

Hugo Kocher was a successful author of numerous books for children and young people . The focus of his work was on narrative animal books , in which he drew on his experiences from many trips. In addition, he also wrote adventure books with exotic locations and - sometimes under a pseudonym - girls' books .

Hugo Kocher was married to Hedwig Erb (1906–1988), who was also a young adult author.

Works

  • Namuk the Stranger , Stuttgart 1936
  • The mammoth hunters , Paderborn 1937
  • Trari-Trara, the fairytale circus, is here! , Düsseldorf 1937
  • Here Bundschuh! , Reutlingen 1938
  • Jollbars , Paderborn 1938
  • The King of the Mountains , Reutlingen 1938
  • The singing world , Paderborn 1939
  • At the end of the world , Berlin 1940
  • From the fairyland of animals , Paderborn 1940
  • In Fels und Geklüft , Paderborn 1940
  • Father Anselm's first stop , Berlin 1940
  • Storms over Ukru , Donauwörth (Bavaria) 1940
  • On the Landstrasse , Olten 1941
  • Hans vom Bodensee , Stuttgart 1941
  • Harvest without seeds , Munich 1947 (together with Julius Rothmayr)
  • The god of his fathers , Meitingen near Augsburg 1947
  • Among Indians, compatriots and Brazilians , Meitingen b. Augsburg 1947
  • Hiss, the grass snake , Paderborn [u. a.] 1947
  • Almenmärchen , Nuremberg 1948
  • With lasso and rifle , Paderborn 1948
  • Neck Wichtelmann and Puck vom Eulenwald , Meitingen near Augsburg 1948
  • Of butterflies, beetles and spruces , Meitingen b. Augsburg 1948
  • The King of the Forests , Paderborn 1949
  • Coolies, smugglers and robbers , Donauwörth 1949
  • Thor Gray, the polar bear , Munich 1949
  • Troll on a hiking trip , Nuremberg 1950
  • Glitsch Wasserschreck , Stuttgart 1951
  • Young eagle To Minigulai , Münster 1951
  • Men, reindeer and wolves , Freiburg / Switzerland [u. a.] 1951
  • Urian and the Bergsepp , St. Ottilien 1951
  • The village of secrets , St. Ottilien 1952
  • The three from the great lake , Stuttgart 1952
  • Escape from the jungle spirits , St. Ottilien 1952
  • Hans and the Lumpenanderl , Würzburg 1952
  • The high goal , Hiltrup 1952
  • Krummzahn and his gang , Paderborn 1952
  • The last ibex from Mont Dolent , Einsiedeln [u. a.] 1952
  • Merika and the Leopard , Munich [u. a.] 1952
  • Peter on crooked and straight paths , Donauwörth 1952
  • Urrua the crocodile , Paderborn 1952
  • The adventures of the cowboy boys , Würzburg 1953
  • Adventure in the Gran Chaco , Kaldenkirchen 1953
  • Buhuo, the flying wolf , Würzburg 1953
  • The bush spirits from Ambambu , Stuttgart 1953
  • The house in Chaco Boreal , Stuttgart 1953
  • In the forester's house Eichengrund , Munich [u. a.] 1953
  • In the kingdom of the headhunters , Nuremberg 1953
  • Jörg discovers the mountains , Lucerne 1953
  • Fly maybeetle! , Nuremberg 1953
  • Out and about with the dog sled , Stuttgart 1953
  • Simson , Donauwörth 1953
  • Circus Solti , Kaldenkirchen 1953
  • Anderl on the run , Würzburg 1954
  • In the primeval forest of Putumayo , Kaldenkirchen 1954
  • Adventure with Albatros , Würzburg 1954
  • His best friend Bambino , Stuttgart 1954
  • Tasso will find it! , Stuttgart 1954
  • The Wildsee in Eichengrund , Munich [u. a.] 1954
  • Alfons prevails , Kaldenkirchen 1955
  • Christa and the wild swans , Stuttgart 1955
  • The secret in the moor , Würzburg 1955
  • Herd in the swamp , Stuttgart 1955
  • Lord of the Jungle Mountains , Kaldenkirchen 1955
  • Jan and the fighting bulls , Stuttgart 1955
  • The pirates , Würzburg 1955
  • His own enemy , Rottenburg / Neckar 1955
  • His first Jaguar , Stuttgart 1955
  • Animals, boys, adventure , Würzburg 1955
  • Twiga, the giraffe , Stuttgart 1955
  • From Eichengrund to Hochalp , Munich [u. a.] 1955
  • Colored sails ahoy! , St. Ottilien 1956
  • The Leopard People of Kahun , Lucerne [u. a.] 1956
  • With Bahadur through the desert , Stuttgart 1956
  • The treasure hunters from Eichengrund , Munich [u. a.] 1956
  • Storm voyage in the Arctic , Würzburg 1956
  • That was my young bear Brumm , Stuttgart 1956
  • Escape through the jungle , Würzburg 1957
  • The vultures from the Rio Paray , St. Ottilien 1957
  • Gomurai , Munich [u. a.] 1957
  • Ivar, the polar sea hunter , Munich [u. a.] 1957
  • Traces in the Gran Chaco , Würzburg 1957
  • The killing lightning bolt , Würzburg 1957
  • Jungle Demons , St. Ottilien 1957
  • The bush ghost of Ebolva , St. Ottilien 1958
  • Escape from Sikiang , St. Ottilien 1958
  • Escape from the jungle spirits , St. Ottilien 1958
  • Joko, the chimpanzee child , Stuttgart 1958
  • Mokondori finds happiness , St. Ottilien 1958
  • Carcha, the death shark , Munich [u. a.] 1959
  • Galo and the Lion , Würzburg 1959
  • Hunted and hunted , Stuttgart 1959
  • Lost in the Pyrenees , Würzburg 1959
  • Headhunting in the Naga Mountains , Frankfurt 1959 (under the name Max Bram)
  • The knife of Genghis Khan , Würzburg 1959
  • Animals among themselves , Munich [u. a.] 1959
  • The young Capitano , Würzburg 1960
  • Between cross and half moon , Frankfurt 1960 (under the name Max Bram)
  • Chico Rei, the slave king , Frankfurt 1961 (under the name Max Bram)
  • Gabys Bergjahr , Stuttgart 1961 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • The secret of the Matako swamps , Würzburg 1961
  • In the shadow of the primeval forest , Limburg 1961
  • Jutta on detours , Lucerne [u. a.] 1961 (under the name Ursula Kemmler)
  • Path of Danger , Würzburg 1961
  • The Schlangenschlucht , Paderborn 1961
  • Sher Sing, the diver , Lucerne [u. a.] 1961
  • Storm surge , Stuttgart 1961
  • Advance to the great lakes , Frankfurt / M. 1961 (under the name Max Bram)
  • The yak hunter from Ulugtal , Würzburg 1961
  • Anitas Island Summer , Stuttgart 1962 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • Watch out Gaby! , Stuttgart 1962 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • Falea and the tiger shark , Stuttgart 1962
  • Mokondori finds happiness , St. Ottilien 1962
  • Whales, wolves, peregrine falcons , Würzburg 1962
  • Dorle and the Schiffer , Lucerne [u. a.] 1963 (under the name Ursula Kemmler)
  • Good friend with Gitta , Stuttgart 1963 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • The sky is burning , Stuttgart 1963
  • A year goes by quickly , Stuttgart 1963 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • The fight for the moon , Vienna-Mödling 1963
  • The son of Tamarure , Würzburg 1963
  • The jungle is calling , Stuttgart 1964
  • The elephant poachers , Würzburg 1964
  • Gaby on the Fohlenweide , Stuttgart 1964 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • Behind everything is Gaby , Stuttgart 1964 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • Korró , Donauwörth 1964
  • The silver robber , Würzburg 1964
  • With Gitta in the forester's house , Stuttgart 1965
  • Mokjo, the bold forest dwarf, Lucerne [u. a.] 1965
  • Fast as the wind , Stuttgart 1965
  • What no one dared to do before , Würzburg in 1965
  • Anok and the sea eagle , Würzburg 1966
  • It is haunted in Hölltobel , Stuttgart 1966 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • The King Tiger from the Sarju Valley , Würzburg 1966
  • Ruth and the Iceland pony , Lucerne [u. a.] 1966 (under the name Ursula Kemmler)
  • Something is happening on the Ziegelwiese , Stuttgart 1967 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • The ghost lion from the Tsavo River , Bayreuth 1967
  • Miguel and the Anaconda , Würzburg 1967
  • The nest at Jochenstein , Stuttgart 1967
  • Petras Bergferien , Stuttgart 1967 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • The slave hunters of Njanya , Wuppertal 1967
  • The war cry of the Campa , Würzburg 1968
  • Storm trip to the Dracheninsel , Bayreuth 1968
  • Dragons had nothing to smile about , Düsseldorf 1969
  • The ghost dog , Stuttgart 1969
  • The Lord of the Tigers , Wuppertal 1969
  • The dogs of St. Bernhard and other animal stories , Stuttgart 1969
  • Sawari, the snake catcher , Vienna 1969
  • Temudschin , Bayreuth 1969
  • The devil whale , Hanover 1969
  • The uncanny freight , Bayreuth 1970
  • Four hooves and a girl's heart , Stuttgart 1970 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • Mountain summer with Doris , Stuttgart 1971 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • Gitta and Struppi on a treasure hunt , Stuttgart 1971 (under the name Maria Hörmann)
  • The last dollar for a horse , Stuttgart 1971
  • Kater Pit, the daredevil , Göttingen 1972
  • The robber's castle in Schlehbusch , Stuttgart 1972
  • The ghost ship , Göttingen 1973
  • The machine did not arrive , Stuttgart 1973
  • The treasure on Coconut Island , Würzburg 1974
  • The route via Sacramento , Balve (Sauerland) 1975
  • Mukuma, the ghost lion, Menden / Sauerland 1977
  • The most exciting adventures , Menden 1977
  • Two friends stick together , Menden / Sauerland 1981
  • Marion's heart belongs to her pony , Menden / Sauerland 1982
  • Exciting adventure stories , Menden / Sauerland 1984

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personal data
SURNAME Kocher, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bram, Max; Hörmann, Maria; Kemmler, Ursula; Neckar, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1972
Place of death Munich