Michael Ende
Full Name: | Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende |
Born: | November 12, 1929 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
Died: | August 28, 1995 Filderstadt, Germany |
Occupation: | Writer |
Nationality: | German |
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Biography
Michael Ende was a German author of fantasy and children's literature. He is best known for his epic fantasy work The Neverending Story; other famous works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 20 million copies, and have been adapted into motion pictures, stage plays, operas and audio books. Ende was one of the most popular and famous German authors of the 20th century, mostly due to the enormous success of his children's books. However, Ende was not strictly a children's author, as he also wrote books for adults. Ende claimed, "It is for this child in me, and in all of us, that I tell my stories," and that "for any child between 80 and 8 years"
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