Hans Mayer was born on March 19, 1907 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a writer, known for Nach meinem letzten Umzug... (1972), Anna Netrebko: The Woman, the Voice (2003) and Über den Abgrund geneigt - Leben und Sterben des Johannes R. Becher (2000). He died on May 19, 2001 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.