MICHAEL ENDE was born in 1929 in Garmisch Partenkirchen, a picturesque town in Bavaria, Germany. His father, Edgar Ende, was a famous German surrealist painter. Mitchell Ende grew up in a culturally rich family and was extremely smart since childhood. After World War II, young Mitchell studied at the Otto Falkenberg Acting School. While in school, he excelled in his studies and became active on the drama stage in the South as soon as he graduated. However, his real interest lies in the creation of fantasy literature. Soon, he bid farewell to the stage and moved to Munich to engage in professional creation. His famous works "Jim Croft" and "Lucas the Train Driver" won the Deutsche Juvenile Book Award in 1961. In 1971, he moved to Italy and lived in the Albana Mountains south of Rome, where he stayed for 14 years. During this period, the world-famous works "Maomao" and "Never Ending Story" were published one after another, making him the best fantasy literature writer in Germany and having a profound influence in Europe and even the world.

Mitchell Ende has a famous saying that very accurately summarizes the theme and style of all his works. He said: "People who forget their own inner world also forget the value of their own existence. The inner world is a supplement to the external world, and we must discover it and improve it. If we cannot often make a mental journey to find this value, then we have truly lost the path. "Mitchell End's works are like a giant bird flying on the "path" of the inner world and the outer world. Rational thinking is the head of this giant bird, which is tense. The twists and turns of the plot are its muscles, humor is its bones, and whimsy is its wings. Everyone who is immersed in his works can't help but want to fly, into a state where things and I are forgotten.

This great master of fantasy literature passed away in Stuttgart in 1995. Today, there is the "Mitchell End Memorial Hall" in the Munich International Youth Library. Readers around the world will never forget this immortal A trailblazer and a tireless dream seeker.