Richard Hatch (magician)

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Richard Hatch (left) with his teacher Fredo Raxon

Richard Clawson Hatch (born May 24, 1955 in Pasadena , California) is an American magician , historian, collector, author and translator.

Life

When Richard Hatch was three years old, his parents moved with him to Germany. Here he attended kindergarten. When he was six years old, his parents moved back to the United States. At the age of nine he received the book The Golden Book of Magic by Clayton Rawson , which inspired him to do magic.

In 1970, after his family's vacation, he stayed in Nieder-Erlenbach , Germany, for a year and met the magicians Alexander Adrion and Fredo Raxon , who had a lasting influence on him. He took lessons from Raxon. Back in his home country, he graduated from Yale University with a degree in physics . In 1984 he decided to become a full-time magician.

Hatch has brought "Chamber Magic" to a new bloom in his home country. Together with his partner Charles Randall, he founded the magic book mail order business H&R Magic Books in 1991 .

As a translator, he has translated important German magic books into English. His best-known translations include: "The Magic of JN Hofzinser ", 1985; " Roberto Giobbi 's Card College," 1996-2003. In 2012 he published the children's book Taro-san the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree .

Richard Hatch is a popular speaker at historians' conferences, giving well-researched lectures on the history of magic.

Translations

Article in Magical World (selection)

  • Untouched from Texas , No. 4, Volume 38, 1989, p. 325
  • Kalanag and the disappearing banknotes , Issue 1, 48 year, 1999, page 44
  • The Last Word Part 1 , Issue 1, 52 year, 2003, page 38
  • Book World Volume 1 , Issue 1, 52 year, 2003, page 46
  • The last word 2nd part and conclusion , issue 2, 52 year, 2003, page 98
  • Jadoo-Wallahs Mirakel , No. 4, 56th year, 2007, page 220
  • The artistic legacy , issue 5, 56th year, 2007, page 252
  • The Audience Scholar , No. 4, 58th year, 2009, page 74
  • Magic in Houston , No. 2, 59th year, 2010, p. 080
  • Book World , Issue 4, 59 year, 2010, page 184
  • Banachek: Der Echte , No. 5, 59th year, 2010, page 218
  • Levent: Best Act , No. 2, 60th year, 2011, page 59

Lectures (selection)

  • Magic Collectors Weekend, Chicago, USA, 2011: Topic: Jewish Magicians of the Golden Age of Magic
  • 4th European Magic Historians Conference, Hamburg 2014: Kalanag and the magic word Sim Sala Bim

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Bill Palmer: The Accidental Magic Bookman , in: MUM March 2007, pp. 50-58.
  2. ↑ Magical World, Volume 3, 1986, Volume 25, Page 196
  3. ↑ Magische Welt, No. 3, 1978, 22nd year, page 168
  4. ^ Deceptionist Richard Hatch. In: richardhatchmagic.com. Retrieved January 13, 2017 .
  5. ^ Magic Magazine, Volume 16, Dec. 2006, p. 77
personal data
SURNAME Hatch, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hatch, Richard Clawson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American magician and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasadena , California, USA