Grabmal michael ende biography

German writer (–)

Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November – 28 August ) was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy The Neverending Story (with its s film adaptation and a animated television adaptation); other well-known works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver.

His works have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 35 million copies.^[1]

Early life

Ende was born 12 November in Garmisch, Bavaria, the only child of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende and Luise Bartholomä Ende, a physiotherapist.^[2] In , when Michael was six, the Ende family moved to the "artists' quarter of Schwabing" in Munich (Haase).^{[clarification needed]} Growing up in this rich artistic and literary environment influenced Ende's later writing.

In , his father's work was declared "degenerate art" and banned by the Nazi Party, so Edgar Ende was forced to draw and pain