Karl May
Writer
February 25, 1842 — March 30, 1912 (70 years)
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
Filmography
| 2016 | Winnetou - Der letzte Kampf · as Novel |
| 2016 | Winnetou - Das Geheimnis vom Silbersee · as Novel |
| 2016 | Winnetou & Old Shatterhand · as Novel |
| 1990 | The Trace Leads to the Silver Lake · as Novel |
| 1988 | Präriejäger in Mexiko · as Novel |
| 1986 | Das Buschgespenst · as Novel |
| 1986 | The Bush Ghost · as Novel |
| 1968 | The Valley of Death · as Novel |
| 1966 | Old Firehand · as Novel |
| 1966 | Winnetou and the Crossbreed · as Novel |
| 1965 | Kingdom of the Silver Lion · as Novel |
| 1965 | Flaming Frontier · as Novel |
| 1965 | The Desperado Trail · as Novel |
| 1965 | Wild Kurdistan · as Novel |
| 1965 | The Oil Prince · as Novel |
| 1965 | Legacy of the Incas · as Novel |
| 1965 | Pyramid of the Sun God · as Novel |
| 1965 | Treasure of the Aztecs · as Novel |
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| 1964 | Amongst Vultures · as Novel |
| 1964 | Old Shatterhand · as Novel |
| 1964 | Last of the Renegades · as Novel |
| 1964 | The Yellow One · as Novel |
| 1963 | Apache Gold · as Novel |
| 1963 | With Karl May in the Orient · as Novel |
| 1962 | Treasure of Silver Lake · as Novel |
| 1959 | Der Löwe von Babylon · as Novel |
| 1958 | Die Sklavenkarawane · as Novel |
| 1936 | Durch die Wüste · as Novel |
| 2004 | Auf den Spuren Winnetous · as Self |
| 2022 | The Young Chief Winnetou · as Characters |
| 2016 | Winnetou & Old Shatterhand · as Characters |
| 2009 | WinneToons - Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee · as Characters |
| 2000 | Ja uff erstmal! - Winnetou unter Comedy-Geiern · as Story By |
| 1998 | Winnetous Rückkehr · as Characters |
| 1980 | My Friend Winnetou · as Character Created By |
| 1973 | Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi · as Travel Stories |
| 1958 | Der Schatz im Silbersee · as Story |