# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-hellmut-kirst
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:51:08.511Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-hellmut-kirst"
name: "Hans Hellmut Kirst"
slug: "hans-hellmut-kirst"
description: "Hans Hellmut Kirst was a German novelist and the author of 46 books, many of which were translated into English. Kirst is best remembered as the creator of the \"Gunner Asch\" series which detailed the ongoing struggle of an honest individual to maintain his identity and humanity amidst the criminality and corruption of Nazi Germany."
tagline: "German writer (1914–1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans_Hellmut_Kirst.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1914-12-05"
deathDate: "1989-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump