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Paul Maar (German: [paʊ̯l maːɐ̯] ; born 13 December 1937) is a German novelist, playwright, translator, and illustrator notable for his contributions to children's literature.
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| Born | 13 December 1937 Schweinfurt |
| Occupation | novelist, playwright, translator, illustrator |
| Nationality | German |
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Maar was born in Schweinfurt. After the early death of his mother he lived with his grandfather in the rural area of Theres in northern Bavaria. He went to school at the Gymnasium in Schweinfurt, and later studied at the State Academy of Arts in Stuttgart. He then worked as a stage designer and stage photographer for the Franconian castle theatre Massbach. After that he spent ten years as an art teacher. Since 1976, he has worked as a freelance writer. He lives in Bamberg with his wife and three children.
Maar is the author of a large number of novels, short stories and plays. His most read works are a series of books about Sams, a creature with red hair and a pig's nose that can grant wishes and, if it does, shows up on Sams-Day (i. e., Saturday), and the stories about the Little Kangaroo. He has also written many of the Augsburger Puppenkiste classics. He has been given many awards, among others the German Youth Literature Prize, the Austrian State Prize and the Brothers Grimm Prize of the State of Berlin.
Three films have been made of the Sams books:
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