What is Benno Pludra?
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-0125-039, Berlin, Jugendstunde mit Benno Pludra.jpg|thumb| Benno Pludra with students (1984)]] '''Benno Pludra''' (October 1, 1925 – August 27, 2014)<ref>Börsenblatt: [http://www.boersenblatt.net/812745/ ''Benno Pludra ist tot''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903051254/http://www.boersenblatt.net/812745/ |date=2014-09-03 }}, boersenblatt.net, retrieved on 27 August 2014</ref> was a [[Germany|German]] children's author. He was born in Mückenberg, now [[Lauchhammer]]-West. Pludra wrote [[narrative]]s and [[novel]]s for children and teenagers. His books in total sold more than five million times, which made him one of the most successful authors of [[East Germany]].<ref>[http://www.mdr.de/mdr-info/benno-pludra-gestorben100.html Nachruf: Kinder- und Jugendbuchautor Benno Pludra ist tot], mdr.de, retrieved on 27 August 2014</ref> Some of his books have been made into movies. Pludra died in [[Potsdam]], Germany, aged 88. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pludra, Benno}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:East German writers]] [[Category:German children's writers]] [[Category:Writers from Brandenburg]] {{bio-stub}}