Otfried Preußler
Otfried Preußler
20.10.1923 - 18.02.2013 (89 years) (Reichenberg, Tschechoslowakei)
Otfried Preußler (sometimes spelled as Otfried Preussler) (20 October 1923 – 18 February 2013) was a German children's books author. More than 50 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and they have been translated into 55 languages. His best-known works are The Robber Hotzenplotz and The Satanic Mill (Krabat).