Michael Ende (1929–1995)
Author of The Neverending Story
About the Author
Children's author Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was born on November 12, 1929 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. He worked as an actor, director, film critic and scriptwriter before turning to writing children's books. He was the only child of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende. His best known work show more is The Neverending Story (1979), which was adapted into a film and two sequels. Another book, Jim Knopf and Lukas the Engine, was made into both a television and radio series. Ende died in Germany on August 29, 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Michael Ende
Die Jagd nach dem Schlarg. Variationen in Lewis Carrolls gleichnamigem Nonsensgedicht (1988) 4 copies
Der Spiegel im Spiegel. Der erste Buchstabe. Die erste Staffel: Inszenierte Lesung mit viel Musik und prominenten… (2011) 3 copies
Michael Ende - Der Geschichtenerzähler: Hörbuchedition. Gedichte, Erzählungen, Essays,… (2015) 2 copies
O elixir dos desejos 2 copies
Die Archäologie der Dunkelheit : Gespräche über Kunst und das Werk des Malers Edgar Ende (1985) 2 copies
Il segreto di Lena 1 copy
Povestea Fara Sfarsit 1 copy
Ende: Der Spiegel Im Spiegel 1 copy
オリーブの森で語りあう ファンタジー・文化・政治 1 copy
Momo 1 copy
Momo, pieni orpotyttö 1 copy
END La historia interminable 1 copy
Jim Knopf: Jim Knopf und die Spuren im Dschungel: Spannendes Bilderbuch-Abenteuer zum Vorlesen für Kinder ab 4… (2022) 1 copy
בית-ספר לקסמים 1 copy
La sopera i el cazo 1 copy
OLÁ, OLÉ, BETO POR QUÊ 1 copy
Jim Nasturel 1 copy
HISTORIA PAMBARIM 1 copy
Világgá mentem, majd jövök 1 copy
Der Wunschpunsch - CDs: Der satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch, Audio-CDs, Tl.1, Der geheime Auftrag vom… (1999) 1 copy
Der Wunschpunsch - CDs: Der satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch, Audio-CDs, Tl.3, Der Glockenturm im… (1999) 1 copy
Der Wunschpunsch - CDs: Der satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch, Audio-CDs, Tl.2, Das Geheimnis der… (1999) 1 copy
Das Traumfresserchen / Das kleine Lumpenkasperle. CD: Original-Hörspiele zu den Büchern. Ab 3 Jahre (1999) 1 copy
Álomfaló Csodamanó 1 copy
Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer, Tl.3, Von Kummerland nach Lummerland, 2 Audio-CDs (2005) 1 copy
Mahó no súpu (まほうのスープ) 1 copy
Folge 2-Englisch Lernen M 1 copy
Der Teddy und die Tiere und weitere Geschichten: Hörspiel für Kinder. Mit zwei Bonusgeschichten: Lirum Larum Willi… (1993) 1 copy
Vol. 1-Jim Knopf Und Lukas 1 copy
Vol. 2-Jim Knopf Und Lukas 1 copy
Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer, Videocassetten, Folge.4 : Von der Drachenstadt nach Lummerland, 1… (1994) 1 copy
Associated Works
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributor — 90 copies
Neues vom Rumpelstilzchen und andere Haus-Märchen von 43 Autoren (1981) — Contributor, some editions — 5 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Ende, Michael
- Legal name
- Ende, Michael Andreas Helmuth
- Birthdate
- 1929-11-12
- Date of death
- 1995-08-28
- Burial location
- Waldfriedhof München, Munich, Germany (Grab Nr. 212-W-3)
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
- Place of death
- Filderstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Cause of death
- stomach cancer
- Places of residence
- Garmisch, Bavaria, Germany (Birth)
Stuttgart, Germany (Death)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany - Education
- Otto-Falkenberg-Schauspielschule, Munich
- Occupations
- novelist
- Relationships
- Ende, Edgar (father)
Hoffman, Ingeborg (1st wife, until her death)
Sato, Mariko (2nd wife, until his death) - Organizations
- Fronte per la Baviera libera
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Discussions
Marks in The Neverending Story in Folio Society Devotees (January 31)
Folio 75: The Neverending Story - Then and Now in Folio Society Devotees (January 11)
The Winner of Folio 75 is The Neverending Story in Folio Society Devotees (October 2022)
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Statistics
- Works
- 171
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 19,376
- Popularity
- #1,125
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 377
- ISBNs
- 941
- Languages
- 38
- Favorited
- 79
Anyway so the movie ends with him riding Falkor back to the real world and becoming a bully chasing his former bullies and that's the happy ending. The book instead has him slowly turning into a bully in Fantasia _and it recognises this is kind of a big problem_ so yeah ultimately the book is waaaay superior to the film in every way - though I'll always envision the Childlike Empress as she was portrayed in the film.
(I do dream of getting a proper hardcover version with full-on illuminated chapter letters and two colours of text and an ouroboros on the cover and all!)… (more)