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= Hans Martin Hirschi =

Hans Martin Hirschi

Hans Martin Hirschi at a family event 2012

Born

June 4, 1967 (age 46)

Samedan, Switzerland

Occupation

Author, writer, training executive

Nationality

Swiss & Swedish

Alma mater

Gothenburg University

Notable work(s)

Common Sense (2010)

Family Ties (2013)

The Opera House (2013)

Hans M Hirschi (born June 4, 1967) is a Swiss-Swedish author, writer and training executive, and LGTB rights activist.

Early life
Hirschi was born in Samedan, Switzerland, where he also grew up. He later moved to Round Valley, AZ, and graduated from High School in 1986. After his return to Switzerland, Hirschi also achieved his baccalaureate from the Academia Engiadina in Samedan.

Career
Hirschi first published a small book “Momente” with poetry and short stories in German, English and Swedish 1991. After moving to Sweden in 1992, he finished his studies at the University of Gothenburg and was accepted into the doctorate program in 1993. He quit the university and got into corporate life in 1996. in 2000 Hirschi published his first professional title “Platonmetoden - Internetpedagogik” in Swedish, a book that quickly became a bestseller in Sweden and that was used by several universities as course literature at the time. A second revised version was published in 2002. In 2010, Hirschi’s latest management handbook “Common Sense - in business and life” was published by TUK Förlag. Hirschi published his first novel, “Family Ties” in July 2013, a story based loosely on events from his own life. His second novel, “Jonathan’s Hope” was published shortly therafter. In December 2013, Yaree published Hirschi’s third novel, “The Opera House”, a “remarkable must-read novel from an emerging master storyteller” according to the Advocate magazine’s Diane Anderson-Minshall. Apart from writing, Hirschi has been working as a trainer and training executive for the past 27 years in several industries from finance to IT & HR.

Personal life
Hirschi was born in Samedan, near the fashionable skiing resort of St. Moritz in the Swiss Alps. He also lived in the US for a couple of years where he graduated from High School in 1986. He moved to Sweden, where he still lives, in 1992 to finish his studies of the Scandinavian languages. Hirschi is married to Alex since 2004. They have a son, Sascha, born 2013. They live in the Gothenburg archipelago.

Book titles
1991

Momente

Author

Poetry & short stories

2000 & 2002

Platonmetoden - Internetpedagogik

Author

non-fiction

2010

Family Ties

Author

novel

2013

Jonathan’s Hope

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novel

2013

The Opera House

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novel