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Karl May

Born

in Ernstthal, Germany

February 25, 1842

Died

March 30, 1912

Genre

Children's Books, Travel

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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. In addition, he wrote stories set in his native Germany, in China and in South America.

May also wrote poetry and several plays, as well as composing music; he was proficient with several musical instruments. May's musical version of "Ave Maria" became very well known. ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 42,065 ratings · 1,067 reviews · 1,360 distinct works • Similar authors

	Winnetou I: Kepala Suku Apache by Karl May, Primardiana H. Wijayati (Translator), Samuel Limahekin (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 5,519 ratings — published 1893 — 327 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winnetou II: Si Pencari Jejak by Karl May, Samuel Limahekin (Translator), Primardiana H. Wijayati (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 3,584 ratings — published 1893 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winnetou I - IV 4.38 avg rating — 3,181 ratings — published 1893 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winnetou III: Winnetou Gugur by Karl May, Primardiana H. Wijayati (Translator), Samuel Limahekin (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 2,797 ratings — published 1893 — 201 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Treasure of Silver Lake by Karl May, Herbert Windolf (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 2,896 ratings — published 1891 — 257 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Surehand 1 by Karl May, Marlies Bugmann (Translator), Teodoras Četrauskas (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 1,948 ratings — published 1894 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Surehand II 4.12 avg rating — 1,461 ratings — published 1894 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winnetou IV: Ahli Waris Winnetou by Karl May, Samuel Limahekin (Translator), Primardiana H. Wijayati (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 1,065 ratings — published 1910 — 145 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oil Prince 3.84 avg rating — 902 ratings — published 1893 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Winnetou Trilogy by Karl May, Marlies Bugmann (translator) 4.35 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 1978 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Old Surehand (3 books)
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Orient Cycle (6 books)
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El Sendador (2 books)
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Quotes by Karl May (?)

“I don’t care about losing people who don’t wanna be in my life anymore. I’ve lost people who meant the world to me and I’m still doing just fine.”
― Pleasure P

tags: loss, people

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“saya telah berbicara!
Howgh!”
― Karl May, Winnetou

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“Der Augenblick muß es ergeben."
"Wenn aber kein solcher Augenblick kommt?"
"So führe ich ihn herbei.”
― Karl May, Der Löwe der Blutrache

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