biography
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May, Karl
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pseudonym Karl Hohenta
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pronunciation:
[miy]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1842–1912)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Ernsthal, W Germany. Having spent a total of seven years in prison for minor offences, he worked as an editor before becoming a full-time writer producing a large number of very popular, widely-read books. Many were made into films, including his early novel Das Waldröschen (1882) written under a pseudonym, and his famous adventure and Wild West stories, including Winnetou (4 vols, 1893–1910). His later work, such as Und Frieden auf Erden (1904), had more literary merit. |
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