World Literary Awards

← Back to Home

Hans Baumann

ハンス・バウマン

Hansu Bauman

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1914-04-22 （Amberg）
Died
1988-11-07 （Murnau am Staffelsee） age 74
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Amberg → Passau → Murnau am Staffelsee

Career

Occupations
poet, songwriter, literary translator, children's book author
Active Years
1932-1988

Awards

New York Herald Tribune prize
1968
Category: best children's book
Organization: New York Herald Tribune
Result: 受賞
Batchelder Award
1971
Result: 受賞
Gerhard-Hauptmann Prize
1959
Work: Im Zeichen der Fische
Result: 受賞（後に返上）

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

I Marched with Hannibal

1961 historical novel

A children's book about marching with Hannibal.

adventurehistory

The Sons of the Steppe

1958 historical novel

Story of how Genghis Khan was overcome.

conqueststeppe

Son of Columbus

1957 historical novel

Children's book about son of Columbus.

explorationfamily

Bibliography

  • The Caves of the Great Hunters
  • Son of Columbus
  • The Barque of the Brothers
  • The Sons of the Steppe
  • The World of the Pharaohs
  • I Marched with Hannibal
  • Gold and Gods of Peru
  • Lion Gate and Labyrinth
  • Alexander's Great March
  • In the Land of Ur
  • Dimitri and the False Tsars

Translations by Author

  • Translations of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Akhmatova etc.

Translations of Works

  • Translated into more than twenty languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
long complicated stories full of difficult concepts
Recurring Motifs
naturehistory

Legacy

Post-WWII comeback as popular children's author despite NS past, winning international prizes.

Trivia

  • NSDAP member and Hitler Youth songwriter
  • Famous Nazi marching song composer
  • Had to return Gerhard-Hauptmann Prize after pseudonym revealed