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- Author:
Erich Kästner?Erich Kaestner
Author Record # 186176
- Legal Name:
Kästner, Emil Erich?Kaestner, Emil Erich
- Birthplace: Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
- Birthdate: 23 February 1899
- Deathdate: 29 July 1974
- Language: German
- Webpages: Encyclopedia of Fantasy, erichkaestnergesellschaft.de, German National Library, IMDB, Library of Congress, Wikipedia-DE, Wikipedia-EN
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Note: One of the few authors staying in Germany during the rule of the Nazis, while his books were banned & burned. He was not allowed to publish anymore within the country, but a friend of him founded Atrium in Switzerland which kept books in print and published his newer works. In addition, he worked secretly on the script for the movie "Münchhausen" (Josef von Báky, director), which was first shown in 1943.
According to the 2004 biography "Erich Kästner" by Sven Hanuschek the author was very fond of the books "Die Zeitmaschine" / "The Time Machine", "Menschen, Göttern gleich" / "Men Like Gods" and - foremost - of "Die Welt des William Clissold" / "The World of William Clissold" (all by H. G. Wells).
- Author Tags:
politics (9), satire (7), humorous (6), future war (6), science fiction (5), allegory (5), doppelgänger (3), parable (3), Time (3), absurdist (3), animated objects (2), media satire (2), dream world (2), nature animated (2), Christmas (2), afterlife (2), God on Earth (2), time shift (2), through the looking glass (1), future city (1) and 25 additional tags. View all tags for Erich Kästner
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