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Karl Friedrich May ( / maɪ / MY, German: [kaʁl ˈmaɪ] ⓘ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his novels of travels and adventures, set in the American Old West, the Orient, the Middle East, Latin America, China and Germany. He also wrote poetry, a play, and composed music.
Mar 23, 2022 · A 19th-century German author, Karl Friedrich May wrote popular adventure novels about the American West — which later influenced Adolf Hitler. Hitler even wrote in "Mein Kampf" that he so devoured May's books as a child that his grades declined in school.
Karl May was a German author of travel and adventure stories for young people, dealing with desert Arabs or with American Indians in the wild West, remarkable for the realistic detail that the author was able to achieve. May, a weaver’s son, was an elementary school teacher until arrested for petty.
Feb 24, 2017 · Karl May, creator of Winnetou. Winnetou was the Harry Potter of the 19th century. May was Germany's first best-selling author. The popular writer is increasingly controversial. Here's a look...
The most popular German author most Americans have never heard of is Karl May, whose adventure novels have sold more than 100 million copies in the German-speaking world.
Karl Friedrich May (also Karol May) was one of the best selling German writers of all time, noted mainly for books 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.
For generations, Karl May (1842 – 1912), creator of immortal adventure heroes like Winnetou, Old Shatterhand, Hadschi Halef Omar and Kara Ben Nemsi, has been the most popular and most-read German author. Worldwide, roughly 200 million copies of his adventure stories have been sold.
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