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Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy The Neverending Story (with its 1980s film adaptation and a 1995 animated television adaptation); other well-known works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver .
The story of how Michael Ende came to write his most famous novel was almost neverending in itself. It started in February 1977 with Hansjörg Weitbrecht’s visit to Genzano. Like any good editor, Weitbrecht was intent on persuading his author to write a new book.
The Neverending Story (German: Die unendliche Geschichte) is a fantasy novel by German writer Michael Ende, published in 1979. The first English translation, by Ralph Manheim, was published in 1983. It was later adapted into a film series.
Aug 28, 1995 · Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's literature. He was the son of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende. 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.
Michael Ende was born on 12th November 1929 in Garmisch and died at the age of sixty-five in Stuttgart on 28th August 1995. He was one of the most successful German authors of the post-war period, selling over twenty million books in forty different languages worldwide.
Complete order of Michael Ende books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Michael Ende works as a film critic for Bayerischer Rundfunk. Besides, he writes scenes and chansons for political cabaret and gets involved in organising “Schwabinger Fasching” (Swabian Carnival), which caused a worldwide sensation in the Fifties.
