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
(1964) NovelWinnetou 1: Apache Gold
(1963) NovelThe Desperado Trail
(1965) NovelWinnetou and the Crossbreed
(1966) NovelOld Shatterhand
(1964) NovelIn the Valley of Death
(1968) NovelThe Treasure of the Silver Lake
(1962) NovelYellow Devil
(1964) NovelActing
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Crew
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