Erich Kästner
1899
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1974
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: children's literature
country of citizenship: German Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, Allied-occupied Germany, West Germany, Germany
native language: German
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: Leipzig University
occupation: writer, poet, novelist, children's writer, screenwriter, journalist, playwright, cabaret performer
Emil Erich Kästner (German: [ˈʔeːʁɪç ˈkɛstnɐ] ; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1960 for his autobiography Als ich ein kleiner Junge war. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in six separate years. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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