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German children's writers

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Chapters: Brothers Grimm, H. A. Rey, Michael Ende, Karl May, Erich Kästner, Else Ury, Cornelia Funke, Kemal Kurt, Peter Härtling, Heinrich Hoffmann, Oskar Seidlin, Fritz Steuben, Oskar Höcker, Walter Moers, Angela Sommer-Bodenburg,... Viac o knihe

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Chapters: Brothers Grimm, H. A. Rey, Michael Ende, Karl May, Erich Kästner, Else Ury, Cornelia Funke, Kemal Kurt, Peter Härtling, Heinrich Hoffmann, Oskar Seidlin, Fritz Steuben, Oskar Höcker, Walter Moers, Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, Georg Klusemann, Margret Rey, Ottilie Wildermuth, Judith Kerr, Christian Felix Weiße, Peter Klusen, Kurt Werth, Kurt Held, Jutta Richter, Richard Plant, Ulrich Karger, Andreas Steinhöfel, Hans Baumann, Helme Heine, Amalie Schoppe, Paul Maar, James Krüss, Stefanie Zweig, Marcus Pfister, Eva Strittmatter, Margot Benary-Isbert, Otfried Preußler, Henny Koch, Rainer M. Schröder, Janosch, Gerhard Behrendt, Hans Jürgen Press, Gudrun Pausewang, Waldemar Bonsels, Lisa Tetzner, Martin Ebbertz, Elisabeth Castonier, Hans Peter Richter, Justus Pfaue, Harriet von Rathlef, Henry Winterfeld, Amélie Linz, Sophie Wörishöffer, Harald Parigger. Excerpt: Karl Friedrich May ( ; 25 February 1842 - 30 March 1912) was a popular German writer, noted mainly for adventure novels set in the American Old West, (best known for the characters of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand) and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East (with Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar). In addition, he wrote stories set in his native Germany, in China and in South America. May also wrote poetry and a play, and composed music; he was proficient with several musical instruments. Many of his works were filmed, adapted for the stage, processed to audio dramas or transcribed into comics. A highly imaginative and fanciful writer, May never visited the exotic locales featured in his stories. Asteroid 348 May is named in his honour. Karl May's birth houseKarl May was born into a family of poor weavers in Ernstthal, Schönburgische Rezessherrschaften (later part of the Kingdom of Saxony). He was the fifth child out of fourteen, nine of whom died within several months of birth. According to his autobiography, he suffered from visual impairment shortly after birth and regained his eyesight after treatment at the age of five. Possibly a lack of vitamin A led to night blindness, which got worse. During his school time he got private music and composition lessons. 1856 he started his teacher training in Waldenburg, but was excluded 1859, because he embezzled six candles. After a petition he was allowed to continue his education in Plauen. His career as a teacher ended 1861 abruptly after few weeks when he was accused by his roommate of stealing a pocket watch. Therefore he had to be in gaol in Chemnitz for six weeks and his license to teach was revoked permanently. During the following years he tried to earn a living by giving private education, writing tales, composing and declaiming. But these did not secure his livelihood. As consequence he started thefts and frauds. He was sentenced to four years in a workhouse. From 1865 to 1869 he was in gaol in the w

  • Vydavateľstvo: Books LLC, Reference Series
  • Rok vydania: 2012
  • Formát: Paperback
  • Rozmer: 246 x 189 mm
  • Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
  • ISBN: 9781155449234

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