Karl May (1842–1912)

Erwin Raupp (1863–1931): Karl May (1842–1912),Schwarz-weiß-Photographie, 1907; Bildquelle: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KarlMay_Raupp.jpg?uselang=de. Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany.

The adventurous novels of German author Karl May (1842–1912) on the Wild West and the Orient enjoyed tremendous success and were translated into more than forty languages. Although May for the most part only knew about the regions he described through his own reading, his works had a lasting impact on the worldview of many readers.

Erwin Raupp (1863–1931), Karl May (1842–1912), black-and-white photograph, 1907; image source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KarlMay_Raupp.jpg?uselang=de. Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en.