Henry Winterfeld

Henry Winterfeld (April 9, 1901 – January 27, 1990), published under the pseudonym Manfred Michael, was a German writer and artist famous for his children's and young adult novels. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1940 and lived there until his death.

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Henry Winterfeld

Born	(1901-04-09)April 9, 1901 Hamburg, Germany
Died	January 27, 1990(1990-01-27) (aged 88) Machias, Maine, U.S.
Pen name	Manfred Michael
Occupation	Writer, artist
Language	German
Nationality	German
Citizenship	United States
Period	1937–1976
Genres	Children, young adult
Spouse	Elsie Winterfeld
Children	Thomas Henry Winterfeld
Relatives	Jean Gilbert (father) Robert Gilbert (brother)

Henry Winterfeld was married to Elsie Winterfeld, who was a designer of toys and created a patented three-faced doll.^[1]

Biography

Henry Winterfeld began his career as a writer in 1933, when he wrote to entertain his son, Thomas Henry Winterfeld (1923–2008, an oceanographer),^[2] who was young and sick with scarlet fever. The result was Henry Winterfeld's first book, Trouble at Timpetill, which was published in 1937 in German under the pseudonym Manfred Michael.

He wrote many books aimed at children. These books have been translated into various languages. A couple have been made into videos, such as the movie Les enfants de Timpelbach (English: Trouble at Timpetill) (2008).^[3]

Because of the Nazi regime in Germany, Henry Winterfeld, who was a Jew, moved to Austria in 1933 and from there emigrated to France in 1938. In October, 1939, he was arrested and interned in Nevers until he was able to emigrate to the United States before the German invasion of France began on May 10, 1940. In 1946, he became an American citizen. Winterfeld's niece, Marianne Gilbert Finnegan, describes the life of the Winterfelds in the United States in her autobiography Memories of a Mischling: Becoming an American.^[4]

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Timpetill – Die Stadt ohne Eltern (1937), translated as Trouble at Timpetill (1963)^[5]^[6]
Caius ist ein Dummkopf (1953), translated as Detectives in Togas (1956)^[5]^[6]
Kommt ein Mädchen geflogen (1956), translated as Star Girl (1957)^[5]^[6]^[7]
Telegramm aus Liliput (1957), translated as Castaways in Lilliput (1958)^[5]^[6]
Pimmi Pferdeschwanz (1967)
Caius geht ein Licht auf (1969), translated as Mystery of the Roman Ransom
Der Letzte der Sekundaner (1971)
Caius in der Klemme (1976)^[6]

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