Max Kruse was born on November 19, 1921 in Bad Kösen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was a writer, known for Kasper Laris Abenteuer (1979), Urmel (1996) and Der Löwe ist los (1965). He was married to Shaofang, Mechthild Heilner and ???. He died on September 4, 2015 in Penzberg. Bavaria, Germany.
Max Kruse is the son of the artist and sculptor Max Kruse from Berlin (14th April 1854 - 26th October 1942) and the world famous doll maker Käthe Kruse from Dambrau (17th September 1883 - 19th July 1968), known as the "doll mother" (Puppenmutter).