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3	Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995) was a German fantasy writer, best known in the English-speaking world for ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory''.
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5	His other novels include ''Literature/JimButton and Luke the Engine Driver'' and its sequel, ''Jim Button and the Wild 13'', ''Literature/{{Momo\|1973}}'', which offers a whimsical answer to the question "Why is it, when I have all these time-saving devices, I still never have any free time?", and ''Literature/TheNightOfWishes'', a wordplayful comic novel.
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7	HeAlsoDid some other stuff, like translating Creator/LewisCarroll's ''Literature/TheHuntingOfTheSnark'' in German.
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9	When he was alive, many left-leaning critics criticized him for writing escapist and unpolitical novels, which was completely missing the point and utterly inaccurate. ''Jim Button'', for example, contains many, many [[PuttingOnTheReich hidden metaphors for fascism]] in general and the [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Third Reich]] in particular. [[note]] There was even a volley TakeThat by German indie band Tocotronic, calling one of their songs "Michael Ende, Du Hast Mein Leben Zerstört" - "Michael Ende, You Ruined My Life" [[/note]] This also had a curious effect in that the other side of the spectrum would accuse him of being ''too'' political!
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11	!!Works by Michael Ende with their own trope pages include:
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13	* ''Literature/JimButton'' series
14	* ''Literature/{{Momo\|1973}}''
15	* ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory''
16	* ''Literature/TheNightOfWishes''
17	[[/index]]
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19	!!Works by Michael Ende provide examples of:
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21	* DisownedAdaptation: He was not fond one bit of the [[Film/TheNeverendingStory 1984 film adaptation]] of ''The Neverending Story'' to the point of (unsuccessfully) suing the production to have his name removed from it. It's probably better not to ask what he thought of the other two films, given that the first one was ironically far more faithful to the book in comparison.
22	* FullCircleRevolution: ''Mirror in the Mirror'' contains a short story[[note]]None of the stories in ''Mirror in the Mirror'' have individual titles.[[/note]] from the point of view of a tyrant who used to be a revolutionary, while being chased through his crumbling palace by the men seeking to overthrow him.
23	* MeaningfulName: Quite a few across his works.

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