Karl May

Karl Friedrich May (25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a popular German author. He wrote over 70 books. He is known for his fictional adventure novels. His stories usually take place in the American Old West, the Orient or the Middle East during the 19th century. His most famous fictional character was the Apache Native American Winnetou. Winnetou's adventures often involved the German engineer Old Shatterhand. Other notable characters are Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar. May later wrote more academic and philosophical writings. There are over 200 million copies of his works.^[1][2]

Karl May
Born	Karl Friedrich May (1842-02-25)25 February 1842 Ernstthal, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation
Died	30 March 1912(1912-03-30) (aged 70) Radebeul, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Occupation	Writer, author
Genre	Western, travel fiction, German homeland novels, adventure novels
Website
www.karl-may-gesellschaft.de