Michael Ende

Michael Ende (November 12, 1929 – August 29, 1995) was a German writer of fantasy novels and children's books. He was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Bavaria, Germany), son of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende. He died in Stuttgart (Germany) of stomach cancer.

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He is best known for his work Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story), and his other books include Momo and Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivf?hrer.

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He is one of the most popular and most famous German authors of the 20th century, mostly due to the enormous success of his children's books, which invite the reader into strange worlds full of visionary symbolic power and enable them to identify with the heroes of the story.

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Michael Ende's works have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 20 million copies.

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1929: 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar)....

August 29: August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. It is also the 1st day of Thoth - which is the 1st day of the Egyptian Horoscope. Thoth is the Ibis-headed god of knowledge....

1995: 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995-2005): http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/...

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