Gerhard Herm (26 April 1931, in Crailsheim, Württemberg, Germany – 9 March 2014, in Ottobrunn) was a German journalist and writer. He studied at the Werner Friedmann Institute and received a grant from the Fulbright Program to study in the USA. In connection with his studies, Herm was given a position as a journalist at Tagesschau television. Later he switched to WDR and published his first book in 1964. During his time in television, he participated in the production of forty documentary programmes. In addition to his work in television, radio plays, and features he has written a number of works of fiction and non-fiction.

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Non-fiction — English translation: The Celts: The People Who Came Out of the Darkness, Book Club Associates, London 1975; — English translation: The Celts: The People Who Came Out of the Darkness, St. Martin's Press, New York 2002, ISBN 9780312313432). — English translation: The Phoenicians: The Purple Empire of the Ancient World, 1975; — French translation: Les Phéniciens, Fayard, Paris 2002, ISBN 9782213598451. Fiction