There are at least five authors named Michael Schmidt: (1) the English poet, novelist, critic and publisher (b.1947), author of The Story of Poetry; (2) a German journalist who investigates neo-Nazi movements, author of The New Reich; (3) a German photographer (b.1945), author of U-ni-ty; (4) Michael A. Schmidt (b.1958), author of Healing Childhood Ear Infections; (5) a German ancient historian, author of Germanien und Rom. There may be several others.
