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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.

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Average rating: 4.01 · 30,464 ratings · 641 reviews · 846 distinct works • Similar authors

	Winnetou I: Kepala Suku Apache by Karl May, Primardiana H. Wijayati (Translator) , Pandu Ganesa (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 3,894 ratings — published 1892 — 168 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 4.37 avg rating — 2,248 ratings — published 1893 — 18 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) 4.15 avg rating — 2,685 ratings — published 1893 — 108 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) 4.22 avg rating — 2,085 ratings — published 1893 — 72 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 4.03 avg rating — 2,080 ratings — published 1894 — 114 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 (Author), Marlies Bugmann (Translator) , Teodoras Četrauskas (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 1,508 ratings — published 1894 — 46 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 4.08 avg rating — 1,092 ratings — published 1896 — 41 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) 4.05 avg rating — 900 ratings — published 1910 — 37 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 3.82 avg rating — 656 ratings — published 1893 — 44 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
	Der Schut 3.97 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 1892 — 36 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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Winnetou (4 books)
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Karl May,

Samuel Limahekin (Translator)

Primardiana H. Wijayati (Translator)

Andrea K. Iskandar (Goodreads Author) (Editor)

Pandu Ganesa (Editor)

4.20 avg rating — 12,324 ratings

Old Surehand (3 books)
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Karl May

4.07 avg rating — 3,008 ratings

Im Schatten des Großherrn (6 books)
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Karl May

3.91 avg rating — 2,273 ratings

Unter Geiern (3 books)
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Karl May

3.86 avg rating — 1,084 ratings

Waldröschen oder Die Rächerjagd rund um die Erde (6 books)
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Karl May

3.81 avg rating — 564 ratings

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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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“Es gehört viel Demut und Selbstüberwindung dazu, die Größe seines Geistes so zu verhüllen, daß kein Unschuldiger durch sie niedergeschmettert wird.”
― Karl May, Bei den Trümmern von Babylon

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