Karl May
Writing
- Born
- February 25, 1842 · Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany
- Died
- March 30, 1912 (age 70)
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.
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Known for
Apache Gold
December 11, 1963
Last of the Renegades
September 17, 1964
Treasure of Silver Lake
December 12, 1962
The Desperado Trail
October 14, 1965
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
August 17, 1966
The Valley of Death
December 12, 1968
Old Shatterhand
April 30, 1964
Rampage at Apache Wells
August 25, 1965
Frontier Hellcat
December 8, 1964
Flaming Frontier
December 14, 1965
Thunder at the Border
December 13, 1966
Winnetou - A New World
December 25, 2016
Behind the camera29
- 2022The Young Chief Winnetou Characters
- 2016Winnetou - The Last Fight Novel
- 2016Winnetou - The Secret of Silver Lake Novel
- 2016Winnetou - A New World Novel
- 1986Das Buschgespenst Novel
- 1968The Valley of Death Novel
- 1966Thunder at the Border Novel
- 1966Winnetou and the Crossbreed Novel
- 1965Kingdom of the Silver Lion Novel
- 1965Flaming Frontier