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Rudolf Johannes Schmied

Born in Buenos Aires and writing in German, this elusive Argentine author is best remembered for stories of childhood and adventure in South America. His best-known book, Carlos und Nicolás, helped keep his name alive even though much of his life remains shadowy.

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Carlos und Nicolás

Carlos und Nicolás

by Rudolf Johannes Schmied

About the author

Rudolf Johannes Schmied was an Argentine writer, born in Buenos Aires in 1878. Library and authority records identify him as a German-language author from Argentina, and his surviving works are linked especially with children's and young adult literature.

He is best known for Carlos und Nicolás and related works, including stories set in Argentina and at sea. Several bibliographic sources suggest that he spent time in Berlin literary circles and was remembered as a gifted storyteller, though reliable biographical detail about his life is scarce.

What seems clearest is the outline: he was born in Buenos Aires, wrote in German, and died in Paraguay in 1935. That mix of places gives his work an unusual cross-continental feel, with South American settings filtered through a German literary voice.