Otfrid von Hanstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otfrid von Hanstein

writer

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1869

Place of Birth: Poppelsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1959

Profession: writer, science fiction writer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Otfrid von Hanstein (1869–1959) was a German actor and writer.
As a novelist, he was prolific in various genres; his best-known works in English-language translation are science fiction novels published in various magazines by Hugo Gernsback.
John Clute describes von Hanstein's science fiction as "technophilic and space-oriented, crude but competent".
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Bleiler reports that his SF novels were suppressed by the Nazi government.