Hans-Hermann "Hannes" Sprado (born 3 July 1956 in
Bassum; died 24 July 2014[1]) was a German journalist and author. Until his death he was editor-in-chief and publisher of the popular science magazine
P.M. Magazin.
Life
Sprado started his career as journalist with an editorial department traineeship at the
Weser-Kurier in Bremen. Later he worked as editor for
Bunte,
Bild and the German
Marie Claire. Since 1994 he worked for
Gruner + Jahr. He became editor-in-chief of P.M. and also installed line extensions such as P.M. Biografie and P.M. History. Sprado also wrote novels and popular science books.