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Erich Kästner
AuthorBooks · Second hand1899-1974
Emil Erich Kästner was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives and Lisa and Lottie. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1960 for his autobiography When I Was a Little Boy. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in eight separate years.
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About Erich Kästner
Birth
1899
Death
1974
First book
1928
Years writing
46
Emil Erich Kästner was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives and Lisa and Lottie. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1960 for his autobiography When I Was a Little Boy. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in eight separate years.
Erich Kästner was born in Dresden in 1899 and became one of Germany's most beloved children's authors.
His most iconic work, Emil and the Detectives, has captivated generations of young readers around the world.
Beyond writing books for children, Kästner was a prolific journalist, poet, playwright, and cabaret artist.
Throughout his career, he used the pseudonym Robert Neuner to publish part of his extensive body of work.
With nearly 500 published works, his literary legacy ranges from children's novels to film screenplays.
