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Erich von Daniken
Birth at
14 April 1935
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Erich von Däniken was born on April 14, 1935 in Solingen, Switzerland. He studied at the College of St. Michael in Freiburg, where already in his student years he was fond of studying ancient manuscripts. He worked as a manager of a five-star hotel chain. Fame von Däniken brought his first book, “Return to the Stars”, published in 1968 and became a bestseller in the United States, Germany and in 38 other countries. In 1970, the documentary “Memories of the Future” was staged on it, which attracted
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Erich von Däniken was born on April 14, 1935 in Solingen, Switzerland. He studied at the College of St. Michael in Freiburg, where already in his student years he was fond of studying ancient manuscripts. He worked as a manager of a five-star hotel chain. Fame von Däniken brought his first book, “Return to the Stars”, published in 1968 and became a bestseller in the United States, Germany and in 38 other countries. In 1970, the documentary “Memories of the Future” was staged on it, which attracted wide interest of the audience to the topic of paleocontact touched upon by the researcher. In the following years, Erich von Däniken continued to search for traces of the presence of alien astronauts in the past on Earth, published books, gave lectures. His books have been translated into 28 languages and have sold over 60 million copies. Among them - "Stone age was different", "Heavenly teachers", "In the footsteps of the almighty", "Day when the gods appeared", "Name of Zeus", "Eyes of the Sphinx", etc. In addition to the widely known popular science film “Memories of the Future”, three more documentaries were shot on the books of Daniken. Erich von Däniken is a member of various writers’ organizations and a winner of several awards. In 1998, he founded the Association for Research on Archaeology, Astronautics and the SETI Problem. In 2003, you Switzerland opened the theme park "Mysteries of the world", at the origins of which stood Deniken.