Otfried Preußler
1923
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2013
movement: children's literature
genre: fairy tale
country of citizenship: First Czechoslovak Republic, Nazi Germany, West Germany, Germany
native language: German
languages spoken, written or signed: German
occupation: writer, translator, children's writer, pedagogue, screenwriter, military personnel
award received: Bavarian Order of Merit, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Zilveren Griffel, Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Andreas Gryphius Prize, Großer Preis der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V. Volkach, Bayerischer Poetentaler, Wildweibchenpreis
official website: www.preussler.de
Otfried Preußler (sometimes spelled as Otfried Preussler; both pronounced [ˈɔt.fʁiːt ˈpʁɔɪ̯s.lɐ] (listen); born Otfried Syrowatka; 20 October 1923 – 18 February 2013) was a German children's books author. More than 50 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and they have been translated into 55 languages. His best-known works are The Robber Hotzenplotz and The Satanic Mill (Krabat). Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions translated by Otfried Preußler 1
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