Hans Hoffmann

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Hans Hoffmann

1848–1909

A German novelist and storyteller with a strong feel for place, he often wrote about Pomerania, the region where he was born. After working as a teacher and journalist, he built a successful literary career and later served the Schiller Foundation in Weimar.

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Deutsche Humoristen, 3. Band (von 8)

Deutsche Humoristen, 3. Band (von 8)

by Helene Böhlau, Max Eyth, Hans Hoffmann, Otto Ernst Schmidt

About the author

Born in Stettin on July 27, 1848, Hans Hoffmann was the pen name of Johannes Friedrich Karl Hoffmann. He studied philosophy and philology in Bonn, Berlin, and Halle, earned a doctorate in 1871, and worked for several years as a teacher before turning fully to writing.

His fiction brought him recognition in the late 19th century. Sources describe his novels and novellas as especially connected to Pomerania, with stories that often drew on the people and atmosphere of his home region. He also spent time in journalism, including leading the Deutsche Illustrierte Zeitung in Berlin in the 1880s.

In 1902 he became general secretary of the German Schiller Foundation in Weimar, where he remained until his death on July 11, 1909. His work is still accessible today through public-domain collections, including Project Gutenberg.