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Hermann Hagedorn
1882–1964
A poet, novelist, and biographer, he is best remembered for helping shape the public memory of Theodore Roosevelt through both his writing and his long service to the Theodore Roosevelt Association. His career moved between literature, teaching, and public history, giving his work an energetic, civic-minded tone.
2 Audiobooks
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
by Hermann Hagedorn
Makers of Madness A Play in One Act and Three Scenes
by Hermann Hagedorn
About the author
Born in New York City on July 18, 1882, to German immigrant parents, Hermann Hagedorn was educated at The Hill School and Harvard, where he won the George B. Sohier Prize for literature. He also studied at the University of Berlin and Columbia, and for a time taught English at Harvard.
Hagedorn wrote poetry, fiction, and biography, but his reputation came to rest most strongly on his books about Theodore Roosevelt. A friend and admirer of Roosevelt, he became one of the central figures preserving Roosevelt's legacy, serving for decades as secretary and director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.
He died in Santa Barbara, California, on July 27, 1964. Today he is remembered less as a single-book author than as a lively literary and historical voice whose work connected biography with national memory.