Hermann Löns was born on August 29, 1866 in Culm, West Prussia, Germany [now Chelmno, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for
The Heath Is Green (1932),
Rot ist die Liebe (1957) and
Wenn die Heide blüht (1960). He was married to Lisa Hausmann and Elisabeth Erbeck. He died on September 26, 1914 in Reims, Marne, France.