Otfried Preußler
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German children's books author (1923–2013)
OverviewAI-generated
Otfried Preußler was a male German author whose professional career began in 1956. He was born on 20 October 1923 and died on 18 February 2013. His body of work includes 148 titles, with notable publications such as *ha-Mekhashefah ha-ḳeṭanah*, *ha-Shoded Hoṭtsenplots*, *קרבט והטחנה המכושפת*, *Ich kann lesen! Spannende Geschichten zum ersten Lesen*, and *Lustige Geschichten zum ersten Lesen*.
Preußler was also active in the audio field, associated with genres including audio drama, audiobook, and German audiobook reader. His works have been referenced by 71 other encyclopedia articles. An official website for Preußler is maintained at preussler.de.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 20 October 1923
- Died
- 18 February 2013
- Works
- 148
Top works
- ha-Mekhashefah ha-ḳeṭanah
- ha-Shoded Hoṭtsenplots
- קרבט והטחנה המכושפת
- Ich kann lesen! Spannende Geschichten zum ersten Lesen
- Lustige Geschichten zum ersten Lesen
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1923-10-20
- Active to
- 2013-02-18
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 13,841
- Total plays
- 683,544
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Entanglement detection
· 2009 · cited 2,128x
- Computational Geometry
· 2008 · cited 1,901x
- Computational Geometry
· 2000 · cited 1,419x
- Semiconductors: Data Handbook
· 2004 · cited 1,193x
- Word fluency and brain damage
· 1967 · cited 971x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Liberec
- Place of death
- Prien am Chiemsee
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Notable work
- Krabat
- Field of work
- pedagogy
- Genre
- fairy tale
- Movement
- children's literature
- Official website
- www.preussler.de
- Image
- Otfried Preußler Foto Markus Schlaf honorarfrei.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1923-10-23
- date of death
- 2013-02-18
- name in native language
- Otfried Preußler
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- birth name
- Otfried Syrowatka
- writing language
- German
- P8168
- Georg and Martin von Klausenburg
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Otfried Preußler (2010) Otfried Preußler ( pronounced [ˈɔtfʁiːt ˈpʁɔʏslɐ] ; sometimes spelled Preussler; born Otfried Syrowatka; 20 October 1923 – 18 February 2013) was a German children's book author.
More than fifty million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and they have been translated into fifty-five languages. His best-known works are The Robber Hotzenplotz and The Satanic Mill (Krabat).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Otfried Preußler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.