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{{Short description|Czech writer (1903–1949)}}
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{{Infobox writer
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| name = Hermann Grab
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|5|06}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|8|2|1903|5|3}}
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| occupation = writer, critic, musician
| language = Bohemian German
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| notable_works = Der Stradtpark, Hochzeit in Brooklyn
| years_active = 1934-1949
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'''Hermann Grab''' (May 6, 1903 – August 2, 1949)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-06 |title=Der Adalbert-Stifter-Verein: Grab, Hermann |url=https://www.stifterverein.de/de/autorenlexikon/e-h/grab-hermann.html |access-date=2024-03-22 |archive-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306160412/https://www.stifterverein.de/de/autorenlexikon/e-h/grab-hermann.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grab, Hermann |url=https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/autoren/namen/grab.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=www.projekt-gutenberg.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grab, Hermann |url=https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/autoren/namen/grab.html |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=www.projekt-gutenberg.org}}</ref> was a Bohemian German-language writer, critic and musician. He is known for writing Der Stadtpark in 1935 and Hochzeit in Brooklyn, which was published in 1957 after his death.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hochzeit in Brooklyn by Hermann Grab (Ebook) - Read free for 30 days |url=https://de.everand.com/book/282836884/Hochzeit-in-Brooklyn |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Everand |language=en}}</ref>

==Early years==
Hermann was born into a wealthy aristocratic family of Jewish origin in Prague, [[Bohemian Kingdom]] (an old name of today's Czech Republic). Although his parents were formally Jewish, Hermann and his brother were educated as Catholics. Hermann studied at the German [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] [[Na Prikopech]] (Prague) and then entered [[Karl-Ferdinands-Universität|German Charles-Ferdinand University]]. Later he studied at [[University|universities]] in [[Berlin]], [[Heidelberg]] and [[Vienna]]. In 1927, he received a PhD in philosophy in Heidelberg and in 1928 a PhD in law in his home-town Prague.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Hermann-Grab/6000000014755688175| title= Hermann Grab| date= 22 August 1844|publisher=Geni.com|access-date=2018-10-30}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Grab, Hermann – Passagen |url=https://passagen.ilcml.com/base/grab-hermann/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |language=pt-PT}}</ref>

==Life in Prague and writer work==
After short juridical praxis, Grab became a music teacher and music-critic of Prager Montagsblatt. In 1934, he published the first of his short stories in Prague magazines and in 1935 his first book, ''Der Stadtpark'', a Prague novel, for he was said to be 'Prague [[Proust]]' (Joseph Strelka).

==Exile in the United States and death==
After the occupation of his country by [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] between 1938 and 1939, Grab escaped to [[Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-02 |title=Literarischer Ausweg {{!}} Mimeo |url=https://mimeo.dubnow.de/literarischer-ausweg/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=mimeo.dubnow.de |language=de-DE}}</ref> When Hitler's armies defeated France, he escaped (and lost all his manuscripts) through France, Spain, Portugal, and finally to the United States. Hermann settled in [[New York City]] and established a small music school, married a [[Belgians|Belgian]] exile and wrote his second book, ''Hochzeit in Brooklyn''. Serious illness prevented him from returning to Prague after [[World War II]].<ref name=":0" /> Hermann was diagnosed with cancer in 1946. He died of cancer fully invalid in 1949<ref>{{Cite web |last=Databazeknih.cz |title=Hermann Grab - životopis a ocenění |url=https://www.databazeknih.cz/zivotopis/hermann-grab-65840 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=www.databazeknih.cz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-06 |title=Hermann Grab: Měsíčná noc. Příběh z večírku pražské smetánky ve stínu války |url=https://vltava.rozhlas.cz/hermann-grab-mesicna-noc-pribeh-z-vecirku-prazske-smetanky-ve-stinu-valky-8983224 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Vltava |language=cs}}</ref> in New York and was buried at [[Flushing Cemetery]] in [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], [[Queens]], [[New York City]].

==Works of Hermann Grab==
*''Der Stadtpark'' (Town Park), novel published in Prague 1935. Prague's pre-World War I life seen by a teenager.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grab |first=Hermann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-J5wQgAACAAJ |title=The Town Park and Other Stories |date=1988 |publisher=Verso |isbn=978-0-86091-189-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1, 1988 |title=The Town Park and Other Stories by Hermann Grab |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780860911890 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
*''Hochzeit in Brooklyn'' (Marriage in Brooklyn), a book of excellent short stories, written in 1940s, published posthumously in Vienna 1957. Some of them with a Prague theme, others with New York and Lisbon theme.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grab |first=Hermann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Rh1zwEACAAJ |title=Hochzeit in Brooklyn: 7 Erzählungen |date=1957 |publisher=Bergland Verlag |language=de}}</ref>

==Secondary Literature ==
* "Das neue Weihnachtsbuch. Thomas Mann über ein neues Prager Buch". In: ''Prager Montagsblatt'' 57 (1934), No.50 (10. 12. 1934), p. 8.
* Haas, Willy: "Pražský Němec 1935". [A German of Prague 1935.] In: ''Literární noviny'' [Literary Review] 7 (1935), No. 4, p. 3.
* Mann, Klaus: "Hermann Grab, Der Stadtpark". In: ''Die Sammlung'' 2 (1935), No. 7, p. 387 – 389.
* C. S. [d.i. Carl Seelig]: "Der Stadtpark von Hermann Grab". In: ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'' 156 (1935), No. 770, Beilage
* Politzer, Heinz: "Hermann Grab: Der Stadtpark". In: ''das silberboot'' 1 (1935/1936), fasc. 1, p. 46 – 47.
* Strelka, Joseph P.: "Ein österreichischer Proust". In: ''Strelka: Brücke zu vielen Ufern.'' Wien, Frankfurt, Zürich 1966, p. 119.
* Härtling, Peter: "Hermann Grab: Der Stadtpark". In: Härtling: ''Vergessene Bücher.'' Stuttgart 1966, p. 143 – 150. (2nd ed. Munich 1986, p. 197 – 205.)
* Becher, Peter: "Schreiben am Abgrund. Hermann Grab – ein Erzähler aus dem Prager Kreis". In: ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' 41 (1985), Nr. 117 (22. 5. 1985), S. 13.
* Bonsen, Peter: "Zweifelhaftes Glück. Der Exilautor Hermann Grab – eine Wiederentdeckung". In: ''Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung. Heidelberger Nachrichten'' 41 (1985), No. 183.
* Weinzierl, Ulrich: "Der kunstvoll gedämpfte Schrecken". In: ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' 1985, No. 98 (27. 4. 1985). Beilage Bilder und Zeiten – Literatur, p. 5.
* Unger, Karl: "Planvoll beschädigte Novellen. Der Stadtpark, Erzählungen von Hermann Grab". In: ''Deutsche Volkszeitung'' 1985, Nr.31 (2. 8. 1985), S. 12.
* Adler, Jeremy: "Hermann Grab: Der Stadtpark". In: ''Times Literary Supplement'' 84 (1985), No. 4306 (11. 10. 1985), p. 1146.
* Adler, H. G.: Der Stadtpark und andere Erzählungen. In: Literatur und Kritik 21 (1986), fasc. 205 – 206, p. 273 – 275.
* [[Theodor W. Adorno]]: "Hermann Grab". In: Theodor Adorno, ''Gesammelte Schriften'', Suhrkamp, Frankfurt/M.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Spitz |first=Malte |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7A1kAQAACAAJ |title=Theodor W. Adorno/Hermann Grab: Bericht einer unveröffentlichten Korrespondenz |date=2015 |publisher=Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |language=de}}</ref>
* Theodor Adorno: ''Vermischte Schriften'', 1986, {{ISBN|3-518-57809-X}} S. 465 f.
* Karl Hobi: ''Hermann Grab. Leben und Werk'', PhD Thesis, Fribourg (Switzerland) 1969.
* Ernst Schönwiese: "Hermann Grab" In: ''Wort in der Zeit'' 4 (1958), S. 257 ff.
* ''Handbuch österreichischer Autorinnen und Autoren jüdischer Herkunft 18. bis 20. Jahrhundert''. Band 1. Hrsg. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien. Redaktion: Susanne Blumesberger. Saur, München 2002, S. 452, {{ISBN|3-598-11545-8}}.
* Lucy Topol’ská: ''Hermann Grab. Biographie'' [http://www.stifterverein.de/de/autorenlexikon/e-h/grab-hermann.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826062859/http://www.stifterverein.de/de/autorenlexikon/e-h/grab-hermann.html |date=2016-08-26 }}

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