The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
Person· Writing
James Krüss
- Born
- May 31, 1926
- Died
- August 2, 1997
- From
- Helgoland, Germany
Also known as
James Jacob Hinrich Krüss · Markus Polder · Felix Ritter
Biography
James Krüss (31 May 1926 – 2 August 1997) was a German writer of children's and picture books, illustrator, poet, dramatist, scriptwriter, translator, and collector of children's poems and folk songs. For his contribution as a children's writer he received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1968.
