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Otfried Preußler

Born

in Reichenberg, Bohemia, Czech Republic

October 20, 1923

Died

February 18, 2013

Website

http://www.preussler.de

Genre

Children's Books

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Otfried Preußler (sometimes spelled as Otfried Preussler) was a German children's books author. His best-known works are The Robber Hotzenplotz and The Satanic Mill (Krabat).

He won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1972 for Krabat.
He has sold roughly 50 million copies worldwide.

He was born in Liberec (German: Reichenberg), Czechoslovakia. His forefathers had lived in this area since the 15th century, working in the glass industry. His parents were teachers. After he graduated school in 1942, in the midst of World War II, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht Heer. Although he survived the military action on the Eastern Front, he was taken prisoner as a 21-year-old lieutenant in 1944. He spent the next five years in various POW camps in the ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 59,479 ratings · 2,454 reviews · 179 distinct works • Similar authors

	Krabat 3.91 avg rating — 25,962 ratings — published 1971 — 159 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
	Die kleine Hexe 4.22 avg rating — 12,122 ratings — published 1957 — 128 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 Little Ghost 4.22 avg rating — 7,428 ratings — published 1966	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 Räuber Hotzenplotz (Hotzenplotz, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 5,957 ratings — published 1962 — 77 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 kleine Wassermann by Otfried Preußler, Winnie Gayler (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 3,140 ratings — published 1956 — 66 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
	Neues vom Räuber Hotzenplotz (Hotzenplotz, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 1,309 ratings — published 1969 — 29 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
	Hotzenplotz 3 (Hotzenplotz, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 789 ratings — published 1973 — 31 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
	Las aventuras de Vania el forzudo by Otfried Preußler, Antonio Tello Gil (Illustrator), Manuel Olasagasti (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 621 ratings — published 1968 — 22 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
	Hörbe mit dem großen Hut. Eine Hutzelgeschichte. 4.24 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 1981 — 22 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 Räuber Hotzenplotz und die Mondrakete 4.02 avg rating — 240 ratings — 9 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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Series by Otfried Preußler

Hotzenplotz (3 books)
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Otfried Preußler

4.21 avg rating — 8,374 ratings

Hörbe mit dem großen Hut (2 books)
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Otfried Preußler

4.25 avg rating — 613 ratings

Der kleine Wassermann: Abenteuer im Mühlenweiher (3 books)
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Otfried Preußler,

Regine Stigloher,

Daniel Napp

4.17 avg rating — 42 ratings

Quotes by Otfried Preußler (?)

“Daß du mein Grab besuchst, ist nicht wichtig. Ich weiß, daß du an mich denkst – das ist wichtiger.”
― Otfried Preußler, Krabat

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“Es gibt eine Art von Zauberei, die man mühsam erlernen muß: Das ist die, wie sie im Koraktor steht, Zeichen für Zeichen und Formel um Formel. Und dann gibt es eine, die wächst einem aus der Tiefe des Herzens zu: aus der Sorge um jemanden, den man lieb hat. Ich weiß, daß das schwer zu begreifen ist - aber du solltest darauf vertrauen, Krabat.”
― Otfried Preußler

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“I loved a girl once,' said he. 'Vorshula was her name. She has been lying in the graveyard of Seidewinkel six months now...”
― Otfried Preussler, Krabat

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