Martin Michalski

Martin Michalski (born February 3, 1927 , † April 21, 2008 ) was a German magician and author of numerous magic boxes and non-fiction books.

biography

Michalski began practicing magic when he was ten . He was injured and lost a leg in World War II . After the war he started at Ravensburger AG; Initially, he continued to work in his main occupation as an engineer for turbines at Escher Wyss AG . As part of his publishing work, he developed around 50 different magic boxes and wrote more than 15 specialist books.

Michalski was voted “ Writer of the Year 1988” by the organization “ Magical Circle of Germany ” . In 2005, the then 78-year-old received the Ludwig Döbler Award for his life's work.

In 2008 Martin Michalski died at the age of 81.

Works (selection)

• Magic is very easy. Eppe-Verlag, Bergatreute 1968, ISBN 3-89089-852-1 .
• The new magic book. Ravensburger Buchverlag , Ravensburg 1982, ISBN 3-47339-070-4 .
• Magic secrets for children. Ravensburger Buchverlag, 1994, ISBN 3-47337-476-8 .
• The big book of magic. Moewig-Verlag , Rastatt 1999, ISBN 3-81181-024-3 .
• The New Magic Book. Great tricks with little things. You too can do magic. Eppe-Verlag, Bergatreute 2001, ISBN 3-89089-851-3 .
• Magic Tricks XXL. Magic box. Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2002, ISBN 3-47367-207-6 .
• The big book of magic: game of illusions. Eppe-Verlag, Bergatreute 2007, ISBN 3-89089-855-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Laureate in 1988
2. ↑ Ravensburger Wochenblatt of July 14, 2005 ( Memento of the original of April 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Literature by and about Martin Michalski in the catalog of the German National Library
• Obituary on Spielbox.de