Frederik Hetmann, pen-name of Hans Christian Kirsch, was born in 1934 in Breslau, the current Poland. He studied national economy, education and specially focused on philosophy, political sciences and languages. In 1961 his first book was released and his literary creation has been diverse and abundant since then. He has written novels, biographies, books for children and young adults, compilations of short stories and folklore… and he has been awarded with diverse and important literary prizes. He is also the author of the book “Yo tengo siete vidas, La historia de Ernesto Guevara, llamado Che” ("I have seven lives. The story of Ernesto Guevara, called Che”), which was published by Lóguez Ediciones some years ago.

Hans Christian Kirsch passed away on June 1st 2006.