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Michael Ende
said
You were compelled to?' he repeated.
— The Mirror in the Mirror: A Labyrinth (1984), p. 193
Michael Ende
German writer (1929–1995)
- Fame58.9
- Momentum0.0
- Germany rank#220
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Updated 2026-06-21
He wrote the book that made a generation understand what it means when a story eats itself — The Neverending Story, where a boy reads about a boy reading, and a world dies from lost imagination.
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Born in Germany on 12 November 1929, Ende grew up to write fantasy that moved like philosophy dressed in children's clothes. The Neverending Story arrived as his epic, adapted to film in the 1980s and later to animated television in 1995. Before that came Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver, books that found their way into more than 40 languages and past 35 million copies sold. He died on 28 August 1995, leaving a shelf of work that treated young readers as if they could handle weight.
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Michael Ende
said
Lots of things take time, and time was Momo's only form of wealth.
— Momo (1973)
Michael Ende
saidundated
In the ancient cultural places of the world there was a temple, a church or a cathedral in its center. From there came the order of life.
— "Ende no yuigon" ["Ende's Last Message"] (May 1999), broadcast of an interview of February 1994, as quoted in "Michael Ende's Last Words to
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Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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