Otfried Preußler was born on October 20, 1923 in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Krabat (2008), Der Räuber Hotzenplotz (1974) and Die dumme Augustine (1993). He was married to Anneliese Kind. He died on February 18, 2013 in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany.