Erich Kästner

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Erich Kästner was a German author and poet best known for his witty, socially critical children’s books such as "Emil and the Detectives" and his satirical writings during the Weimar Republic.

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Erich Kästner canonical 6
Erich Kästner (cenotaph) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's writer
human
poet
satirist
screenwriter
awardReceived Filmband in Gold NERFINISHED
Georg Büchner Prize NERFINISHED
Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath esophageal cancer
countryOfBirth German Empire NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Germany
countryOfDeath West Germany NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1899-02-23
dateOfDeath 1974-07-29
educatedAt University of Leipzig
University of Rostock NERFINISHED
employer Neue Leipziger Zeitung NERFINISHED
UFA (film company) NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup German
familyName Kästner NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork children's literature
journalism
satire
genre children's literature
novel
poetry
satire
screenplay
givenName Erich NERFINISHED
hasOccupation journalist
poet
screenwriter
writer
influenced German children's literature
influencedBy Kurt Tucholsky NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName German
militaryBranch German Army NERFINISHED
movement New Objectivity NERFINISHED
name Erich Kästner NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage German
notableEvent books burned by the Nazis in 1933
notableWork Dot and Anton NERFINISHED
Emil and the Detectives NERFINISHED
Fabian: The Story of a Moralist NERFINISHED
Lottie and Lisa NERFINISHED
The 35th of May, or Conrad's Ride to the South Seas NERFINISHED
The Flying Classroom NERFINISHED
participantIn World War I
placeOfBirth Dresden NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Munich NERFINISHED
positionHeld soldier
residence Berlin NERFINISHED
Munich
sexOrGender male
workPeriod Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
Weimar Republic NERFINISHED
postwar Germany
wrote Dot and Anton NERFINISHED
Emil and the Detectives NERFINISHED
Fabian: The Story of a Moralist NERFINISHED
Going to the Dogs (poetry collection) NERFINISHED
Lottie and Lisa NERFINISHED
The 35th of May, or Conrad's Ride to the South Seas NERFINISHED
The Flying Classroom NERFINISHED

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Christian Morgenstern influenced Erich Kästner
Waldfriedhof (Munich) notableBurial Erich Kästner
this entity surface form: Erich Kästner (cenotaph)
Die Pfeffermühle cabaret hasMember Erich Kästner
subject surface form: Die Pfeffermühle
Hebbel Prize hasAwarded Erich Kästner