Karl May and Winnetou
Karl May on the Web
Karl May (1842-1912)
There are many Web sites devoted to various aspects of Karl May and his works—in German and English. Our listing below is divided into several categories. In addition to the many Web links below, don't forget to look at these Karl May pages from your Guide:
Karl May: Introduction
An overview of Karl May's life and works.
Karl May Books in English
About Karl May works in English translation.
Interviews: Karl May Translators
Interviews with two translators of Karl May works into English.
Karl May Down Under
An article about the Australian Friends of Karl May and their efforts to keep Karl May's works alive - in English.
Karl May: Lesestück 1
An excerpt from Karl May's Winnetou I—with questions.
BOOK: The Shadow of the Padishah: Through the Desert
English translation of Karl May's Durch die Wüste and other books by Michael Michalak.
BOOK: Winnetou
English translation of Karl May's Winnetou I by David Koblick.
> WSU Press - About Winnetou as translated by David Koblick.
Film: Der Schuh des Manitu
A popular and funny German movie based on Winnetou and the Karl May Westerns. Some call this film a satiric parody, others an homage to Karl May. Critics hated it, audiences loved it. Now available on DVD (in German, Region 2 DVD).
Karl May Societies, Museums, Publishers
Die Karl-May-Gesellschaft
Die offizielle Website der Karl-May-Gesellschaft. Jetzt neu bei Leo.org.
Karl-May-Stiftung
The Karl May Foundation.
Karl-May-Verlag
The Karl May publishing house in Bamberg and Radebeul.
The entry gate of the Karl May Museum in Radebeul.
Foto: Copyright © Hyde Flippo
Karl-May-Museum
The Karl May Museum in Radebeul has been housed in the author's former "Villa Shatterhand" since 1928. See photo above. Site in German, English, or Dutch.
Hohenstein-Ernstthal - Karl-May-Geburtsstadt
Web site for Karl May's birthplace in Saxony, and a museum in the house where he was born. "Glück auf!"
Karl May Bühne
Web site for the Karl May Open-Air Stage in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, where cowboys and Indians make an appearance in the summer months, complete with an 1870s western town and Indian camp. "Willkommen am Silbersee!"
Karl-May-Spiele - Bad Segeberg
Web site for another popular Karl May open-air theater and western town, etc.
Australian Friends of Karl May
This Australian association is devoted to enjoying, researching, and translating the works of Karl May into English, and sharing their unusual hobby with other Karl May enthusiasts.
Karl-May-Freunde Schweiz
Web site for the Swiss "Friends of Karl May."
Karl May - ZHB
Karl May's Durch die Wüste. - Eine Veranstaltung mit Sonderausstellung im Zusammenhang des 16. Kongresses der Internationalen Karl-May-Gesellschaft in Luzern vom 21. bis 23. September 2001.
Works by Karl May - Online
Karl May - Projekt Gutenberg
The full text of many of May's works at the Projekt Gutenberg Web site.
Karl-May-Werke.de
The full text of many of Karl May's "travel novels" (Reiseromane) in the original German.
The German original by Karl May.
Apache Knight - Winnetou
A PDA software version of Winnetou in English (in .pdb format for Palm handhelds).
Karl May - Werke
Downloadable texts of Karl May's works for Palm PDAs. Includes Winntou and other May classics. (Scroll down to Karl May's books on the page.) From eBooks.palmbyte.de.
Karl-May-Werke - Downloads
Originaltexte von Karl-May-Werken für eBooks von Palmtop Magazin.
Karl Mays Orienterzählungen - Downloads
Originaltexte von Karl-Mays Orienterzählungen für eBooks von Palmtop Magazin.
About Karl May
Karl May - Wikipedia
The German Wikipedia entry for Karl May. There is also an English entry.
Karl May's Imaginary America
From the Independent Broadcasting Associates comes this great Web site about Karl May and his Winnetou books. Includes sound files and a good overview of the German author and the Winnetou/Old Shatterhand legend. Part of the series called "The American West in the European Imagination."
Karl May (1842-1912)
An English overview of the writer from Books and Writers, a Finnish site.
Karl May (1842-1912) - DHM
Biografie von May. Vom Deutschen Historischen Museum.
Karl May aus medizinischer Sicht
Dr. William E. Thomas, M.D. examines the German writer from a variety of medical standpoints - from May's childhood blindness to his possible Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Karl May and DID
Did the German writer suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder? Dr. William E. Thomas tells why he thinks he did. The same article in German.
Karl May & Co.
Das Karl-May-Magazin. Hier findet ihr Infos rund um Karl May, Auszüge aus dem Magazin, einen Fanshop und vieles mehr.
The Strange Life and Legacy of Karl May
An English-language article by Danica Tutush in Cowboys and Indians magazine.
Karl May und Winnetou Festspiele
Bad Segeberg near Hamburg
is the site of Germany's largest
Karl May festival and pageant.
Bad Segeberg - Karl-May-Spiele
"Open Air Bad Segeberg" mitten im Herzen Europas im Freilichttheater am Kalkberg. Eine Autostunde von Hamburg entfernt.
Karl-May-Spiele - Hohenstein-Ernstthal
A festival in May's hometown.
Winnetou Festspiele - Gföhl
An Austrian Karl May pageant that runs in the summer. Gföhl liegt 20 km NW von Krems an der Donau.
Karl May Books
German and English Publications
Karl-May-Verlag
"Willkommen in der Welt von Karl May." Bücher und Infos. Karl-May-Verlag in Bamberg - German publisher of May books.
Nemsi Books
English translations of Karl May's adventure novels, including Oriental Odyssey and The Treasure of Silver Lake.
The Oil Prince
An English translation of Karl May's Ölprinz by Herbert Windolf. Continues the exploits of Old Shatterhand and his noble apache blood brother, Chief Winnetou. From the WSU Press. Paperback. 2003.
Winnetou
An English translation of Karl May's Winnetou I by David Koblick. From the WSU Press. Paperback. 1999.
Karl May Books in English
This article by your Guide is about Karl May works in English translation.
Interviews: Karl May Translators
Interviews with two translators of Karl May works into English.
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