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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Karl_MayKarl May - Wikipedia

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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.

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   Mar 23, 2022 · Karl May was born in Saxony in 1842 to a very poor family, the fifth of 14 children. At the time, children had the choice of work or school, and May decided he wanted to be a teacher. However, he was soon kicked out for stealing candle scraps he claimed were for his sister’s Christmas gift. Later, he was accused of stealing a pocket watch and ...

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4. www.britannica.com › biography › Karl-MayKarl May | Wild West, Adventure Novels & Westerns | Britannica

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   Karl May (born Feb. 25, 1842, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony [Germany]—died March 30, 1912, Radebeul, Ger.) 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.

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5. www.dw.com › en › who-was-karl-may-facts-and-mythsFact vs. fiction: Who was Karl May? – DW – 02/24/2017

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   Feb 24, 2017 · Fact or fiction: Karl May is the best-selling writer in Germany. Karl May (1842-1912) was the first best-selling author in Germany and is considered to be "the most-read German author," as Michael ...

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7. www.goodreads.com › author › listBooks by Karl May (Author of Winnetou I) - Goodreads

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   Winnetou I: Kepala Suku Apache. by. Karl May, Primardiana H. Wijayati (Translator), Samuel Limahekin (Translator), Sawitri Retnantiti (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 5,367 ratings — published 1893 — 332 editions. Want to Read.

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   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. In addition, he wrote stories set in his native Germany, in China and in South ...

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   Who was Karl May?

   • Best-selling author Karl May dresses as his character Old Shatterhand. Image: Karl-May-Museum Radebeul 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 back at his life. This pictures dates from 1910, at the height of Karl May's success.

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   • For other uses, see Karl May (disambiguation). 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.

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   Is Karl May a real person?

   • His character Winnetou was as famous as Harry Potter, but the life of best-selling author Karl May, born 175 years ago, remains shrouded in mystery. What is fact and what is fiction? Best-selling author Karl May dresses as his character Old Shatterhand. Image: Karl-May-Museum Radebeul Winnetou was the Harry Potter of the 19th century.

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   Who was Karl Friedrich May?

   • Karl Friedrich May was born on February 25, 1842, to a family of poor weavers, in this green house in Saxony's Ore Mountains. Nine of his 13 siblings died as young children. May wanted to become a teacher, but minor thefts landed him in jail several times.

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10. www.karl-may-museum.de › en › collectionsBiography & Works - Karl May Museum Radebeul

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    Karl Friedrich May is born on 25 February, the son of a poor family of weavers in Ernstthal (now Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony); nine of his 13 brothers and sisters die in early childhood. After training as a teacher, he works as an assistant and factory school teacher. After being accused of having used his room-mate’s pocket-watch without ...