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- Birth nameJames Jacob Hinrich Kruess
- James Krüss was born in 1926 on the isle Heligoland. He served in the Luftwaffe during world war II and studied pedagogics in Munich after the war had ended. Influenced by Erich Kästner he started writing children's books. In 1960 the author moved to Gran Canaria (Spain).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Markus Lasermann <ml@fto.de>
- Krüss was given the German "Bundesverdienstkreuz" by Roman Herzog in 1996 to honor his complete works.
- "Die Kindheit dauert 1000 Jahre, das Altern einen Augenblick." ("Childhood lasts a thousand years, ageing a moment.")
- "Ich freue mich, daß es die Welt noch gibt, daß sie schöner geworden ist, kann niemand sagen." ("I'm happy that earth still exists, that it's become more beautiful, nobody can't tell.")
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