Michael Ende
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born
November 12, 1929
died
August 28, 1995
gender
male
place of birth
Garmisch, Bavaria, Germany
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genre
Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
about this author
Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's literature. He was the son of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende. He died in Stuttgart (Germany) of stomach cancer.
Ende was one of the most popular and famous German authors of the 20th century, mostly due to the enormous success of his children's books. However, Ende was not strictly a children’s author, as he also wrote books for adults. Ende claimed, "It is for this child in me, and in all of us, that I tell my stories," and that "[my books are] for any child between 80 and 8 years" (qtd. Senick 95, 97). Ende’s writing could be described as a surreal mixture of reality and fantasy. The reader is often invited to take a more inter...more
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The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, Ralph Manheim avg rating 4.11 — 5,195 ratings — published 1979 53 editions |
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Momo by Michael Ende avg rating 4.23 — 965 ratings — published 1973 51 editions |
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The Night of Wishes by Michael Ende avg rating 3.78 — 103 ratings — published 1989 18 editions |
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Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer. Sonderausgabe by Michael Ende avg rating 4.20 — 82 ratings — published 1960 10 editions |
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Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13. ( Ab 8 J.). by Michael Ende avg rating 4.20 — 64 ratings — published 1985 6 editions |
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El Espejo En El Espejo/the Mirror in the Mirror by Michael Ende avg rating 4.26 — 42 ratings — published 1984 8 editions |
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Ophelia's Shadow Theatre by Michael Ende avg rating 4.08 — 13 ratings — published 1989 3 editions |
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La prisión de la libertad by Michael Ende avg rating 4.18 — 11 ratings — published 1992 7 editions |
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Jojo: Historia De UN Saltimbanqui/Jojo : Story of a Mountebank by Michael Ende avg rating 4.09 — 11 ratings — published 1986 2 editions |
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Los Mejores Cuentos De Michael Ende/Michael Ende's Best Stories by Michael Ende avg rating 3.82 — 11 ratings — published 1998 |
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"If you have never wept bitter tears because a wonderful story has come to an end and you must take your leave of the characters with whom you have shared so many adventures, whom you have loved and admired, for whom you have hoped and feared, and without whose company life seems empty and meaningless.
If such things have not been part of your own experience, you probably won't understand what Bastian did next."
— Michael Ende (The Neverending Story)
If such things have not been part of your own experience, you probably won't understand what Bastian did next."
— Michael Ende (The Neverending Story)
"People never seemed to notice that, by saving time, they were losing something else. No one cared to admit that life was becoming ever poorer, bleaker and more monotonous. The ones who felt this most keenly were the children, because no one had time for them anymore. But time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart. And the more people saved, the less they had. "
— Michael Ende
— Michael Ende
"...it's like this. Sometimes, when you've a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you'll never get it swept. And then you start to hurry. You work faster and faster and every time you look up there seems to be just as much left to sweep as before, and you try even harder, and you panic, and in the end you're out of breath and have to stop--and still the street stretches away in front of you. That's not the way to do it.
You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next stroke of the broom, and the next, and the next. Nothing else.
That way you enjoy your work, which is important, because then you make a good job of it. And that's how it ought to be.
And all at once, before you know it, you find you've swept the whole street clean, bit by bit. what's more, you aren't out of breath. That's important, too... (28-29)"
— Michael Ende (Momo)
You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next stroke of the broom, and the next, and the next. Nothing else.
That way you enjoy your work, which is important, because then you make a good job of it. And that's how it ought to be.
And all at once, before you know it, you find you've swept the whole street clean, bit by bit. what's more, you aren't out of breath. That's important, too... (28-29)"
— Michael Ende (Momo)
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