Writer
Erich Kästner
Born 1899-02-23Died 1974-07-29aged 75
Erich Kästner (1899–1974) is best known for The Parent Trap, All About Eve and Münchhausen.
Emil Erich Kästner (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈkɛstnɐ] ; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives and Lisa and Lottie. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1960 for his autobiography When I Was a Little Boy. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in eight separate years.