Person Details

Birthday: 1842-02-25 18:51:33

Death: 1912-03-30 18:51:33

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Ernstthal, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation

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Movie Involvements: 27

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Karl Friedrich May was a German writer best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West. His main protagonists are Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. May set similar books in the Orient and Middle East (in which the main protagonists were Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar), Latin America and Germany. May also wrote poetry, a play, and composed music; he was a proficient player of several musical instruments. Many of his works were adapted for film, stage, audio dramas and comics. Later in his career, May turned to philosophical and spiritual genres. He is one of the best-selling German writers of all time, with about 200 million copies worldwide. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Most Famous Work

Winnetou: The Red Gentleman
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7
Winnetou 1: Apache Gold
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7
The Desperado Trail
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7

The Desperado Trail

(1965) Novel
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
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6
Old Shatterhand
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6

Old Shatterhand

(1964) Novel
In the Valley of Death
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6

In the Valley of Death

(1968) Novel
The Treasure of the Silver Lake
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7
Yellow Devil
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6

Yellow Devil

(1964) Novel

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2001 In Memory Of
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