Gerd Scherm
, b. 1950
Gerd Scherm was born in 1950, in Fürth in Bavaria; he works as a freelance writer and artist teaming up with his wife Friederike; they live among a lot of animals in an old farmstead in a nature park in Southern Germany. For many years, Gerd Scherm has been researching mythology and ancient symbols. He is a visiting professor of cultural studies and religious sociology at the Free University in Berlin. For his literary and artistic creations he was awarded many honours, e.g., the Friedrich-Baur-award for literature of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts, and the 2018 Deutscher Phantastik Preis.
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Official website (accessed: October 10, 2019)
Bio prepared by Michael Stierstorfer, University of Regensburg, Michael.stierstorfer@ur.de
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