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Early life. The family house then on Niedergasse 111, where Karl May was born in Hohenstein-Ernstthal. The house was inherited by May's mother in 1838 and sold in 1845 (photo 1910). The house where Karl May was born is now located on Karl-May-Straße (photo 2005). The street was named in his honor.
Mar 23, 2022 · A 19th-century German author, Karl Friedrich May wrote popular adventure novels about the American West — which later influenced Adolf Hitler. Hitler even wrote in "Mein Kampf" that he so devoured May's books as a child that his grades declined in school.
- Jessica Oconnor
Karl May 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. May, a weaver’s son, was an elementary school teacher until arrested for petty.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 24, 2017 · 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?
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.
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- March 30, 1912
- February 25, 1842
Apr 2, 2012 · Karl May’s stories of the Old West have sold millions of copies. Illustration by Ralph Steadman. The northern German town of Bad Segeberg is renowned for two things: a vast cave visited each...
Karl MayProbably the best-selling German writer of all time, Karl May (1842–1912) was known around the world for his adventure novels, set in the American West and in the Middle East. He was least popular in English-speaking countries, but he remains a much-loved figure as far as Indonesia.
