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Jim Button goes Bundesliga!
Football fans might know it already: From this season, FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga – the top league! And it is not only the club that was promoted but Jim Button as well. After every goal Augsburg score the tune „Eine Insel mit zwei Bergen“ (“An Isle with Two Mountains”), will be played, the song from “Jim Button”, the famous classic from Augsburger Puppenkiste. In the ARD sports programme “Sportschau” on 6 August, the Jim Button puppet was even shown after a goal by Augsburg! Jim Button became a symbol and mascot for FC Augsburg when the club started cooperation with the puppet theatre of Augsburger Puppenkiste, probably the most famous attraction of the city. Jim and Luke are thrilled. And so are we!
The official website of Michael Ende — Now available in English!
Dear Fans of Michael Ende all over the world,
Because of the huge interest during the last few months, we have decided to translate our Website about the life and work of Michael Ende into English and go online with it under the address "www.michaelende.com".
This means that for the first time comprehensive information about the fantastic storyteller and explorer of inner worlds are available in English.
Where current news is concerned, this will in future also be translated into English and published on the English website as quickly as possible.
We hope with this step we have helped all the fans of Michael Ende who cannot read German to satisfy their curiosity.
Have fun exploring!
Roman Hocke
A Feast for the Ears: The Mirror in the Mirror / Der Spiegel im Spiegel
„What is mirrored in a mirror mirroring a mirror?“ This fundamental question from Zen meditation is what Michael Ende’s surreal poetry collection "Der Spiegel im Spiegel" (The Mirror in the Mirror) is based on. And indeed – when the Zen speaks of the “wayless way” or the “gateless gate”, the “Mirror in the Mirror” has to offer incredible stories full of illustrious, mythical characters that tell us of their very own cosmos of beauty, but also of the futility of life and its efforts.
As visual models, Michael Ende uses the surreal paintings of his father Edgar Ende, which had a vital influence on Michael Ende’s complete work.
„Der Spiegel im Spiegel“ (The Mirror in the Mirror) is now available as a radio play from steinbach sprechende bücher, aptly adapted by the Künstlergruppe Mediabühne (www.mediabuehne.de).
Michael Ende in the Puppet Theatre
The Düsseldorfer Marionetten-Theater (Marionettes/Puppet Theatre of Düsseldorf) has chosen the literary work of Michael Ende as their main focus. They have already adapted numerous of his works for the puppet theatre. Part of the theatre’s repertoire are among others: „Norbert Nackendick (Norbert Fatnoggin)“, „Der satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch (The Night of Wishes)“, „Das Gauklermärchen (The Entertainer's Tale)“, „Momo“and the two newest productions „Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer (Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver)“ and „Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13 (Jim Button and the Wild 13)“.
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