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- Birth nameSiegmund Salzmann
- Felix Salten was born on September 6, 1869 in Pest, Hungary. He was a writer and director, known for Bambi (1942), Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) and Der Narr des Schicksals (1915). He was married to Ottilie Metzl. He died on October 8, 1945 in Zurich, Switzerland.
- SpouseOttilie Metzl(1902 - June 22, 1942) (her death, 2 children)
- His stories "Perri" and "The Hound of Florence" inspired the Disney films Perri (1957) and The Shaggy Dog (1959).
- His most famous work is "Bambi" (1923). It was translated into English in 1928 and became a Book-of-the-Month Club success. In 1933 he sold the film rights to American director 'Sidney Franklin (I)' for only $1,000; Franklin later transferred the rights to the Walt Disney studios, which turned it into the classic Bambi (1942).
- Austrian writer, best known as the author of "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" (1923), made into a classic Disney film, Bambi (1942).
- In 1900 he published his first collection of short stories. In 1901 he initiated Vienna's first, short-lived literary cabaret Jung-Wiener Theater Zum lieben Augustin.
- Now considered to be the anonymous author of a celebrated erotic novel, "Josephine Mutzenbacher: The Life Story of a Viennese Whore, as Told by Herself" (1906).
- Bambi (1942) - $1,000
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