About

Known credits:
31
Birthday:
1842-02-25
Place of birth:
Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany
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Karl May

Overview

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

Writing
2022 The Young Chief Winnetou Writing Characters 58
Average
2016 Winnetou - The Last Fight Writing Novel 59
Average
2016 Winnetou - The Secret of Silver Lake Writing Novel 59
Average
2016 Winnetou - A New World Writing Novel 59
Average
2016 Winnetou - The Legend Lives Writing Characters 70
Good
1986 Das Buschgespenst Writing Novel N/A
N/A
1968 The Valley of Death Writing Novel 59
Average
1966 Thunder at the Border Writing Novel 58
Average
1966 Winnetou and the Crossbreed Writing Novel 59
Average
1965 Kingdom of the Silver Lion Writing Novel 58
Average
1965 Flaming Frontier Writing Novel 59
Average
1965 The Desperado Trail Writing Novel 60
Fair
1965 The Wild Men of Kurdistan Writing Novel 59
Average
1965 Legacy of the Incas Writing Novel 59
Average
1965 Rampage at Apache Wells Writing Novel 59
Average
1965 Pyramid of the Sun God Writing Novel 58
Average
1965 Mercenaries of the Rio Grande Writing Novel 59
Average
1964 Frontier Hellcat Writing Novel 59
Average
1964 Last of the Renegades Writing Novel 60
Fair
1964 Yellow Devil Writing Novel 59
Average
1964 Old Shatterhand Writing Novel 59
Average
1963 Apache Gold Writing Novel 61
Fair
1962 Treasure of Silver Lake Writing Novel 61
Fair
1960 In den Schluchten des Balkan Writing Novel N/A
N/A
1959 Der Löwe von Babylon Writing Novel 59
Average
1958 Die Sklavenkarawane Writing Novel 59
Average
1936 Across the Desert Writing Novel 59
Average
1920 Die Teufelsanbeter Writing Novel N/A
N/A
1920 Caravan of Death Writing Novel N/A
N/A
1920 Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses Writing Novel N/A
N/A

Crew
2001 Ja uff erstmal! Winnetou unter Comedy-Geiern Crew In Memory Of 69
Fair