Hans Grimm

Who was Hans Grimm?

Hans Grimm was a German writer.

His father, Julius Grimm, was a professor of law who retired early and devoted his time to private historical and literary studies and to political activity as a founder member of the National Liberal party, which he represented in the Prussian parliament, and was a founder member of the German Colonial Society.

His mother, Marie Grimm, née Schlumberger Edle von Goldeck, was a minor aristocrat.

As a child, Hans Grimm showed an interest and aptitude for writing and in 1894 started to study Literature and French at the University of Lausanne.

Under pressure from his father he left university in 1895 and went into business, working for a German company in Great Britain, and then in the British-ruled Cape Colony, where he also rented a small farm.