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1. 'My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night. But Ah! my foes and Oh! my friends, it gives a lovely light' Which famous British author had this quote printed on the last page of some of his books?
2. Published in 1939, who wrote a popular re-narration of the American classic 'The Wizard of Oz'?
3. René Goscinny, the author of the French series 'Le Petit Nicola' has also written for which famous comic series set in France during the Roman occupation?
4. Which book did Michael Ende publish first?
5. One of the most acclaimed works of German writer Ottfried Preussler is the fantasy novel 'Krabat'. It is based on a legend of which central European region?
6. Swedish teacher Selma Lagerlöf wrote 'The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgerson' in order to provide a school reader for which subject?
7. Lewis Carroll is not only supposed to be one of the inventors of literary nonsense but is also known as one of the fathers of fantastic children's literature. Under what title did he actually want his first 'Alice'- novel to be published?
8. What story of Astrid Lindgren begins explicitly with the deaths of the protagonists?
9. Which famous dramatist of Irish descent wrote a collection of fairy tales for his children called 'The Happy Prince and other Stories'?
10. The father of which famous European children's books author was a surrealist painter?
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