Karl May, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl May

German writer

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1842

Place of Birth: Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1912

Profession: screenwriter, children's writer, novelist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Karl Friedrich May ( MY; German: [ma?]; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) 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.

Erwin Raupp (1863–1931)
Description	German photographer
Date of birth/death	1863	1931
Location of birth/death	Karlsruhe	Darmstadt
Work period	around 1900
Work location	Germany
Authority control	: Q17321513 VIAF: 169662152 ISNI: 0000 0001 1883 954X LCCN: no2011150055 GND: 144038064 NKC: pna2011628760 WorldCat