Sabine Kuegler (born 25 December 1972 in

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) is a German author. She has written several books, two of which have been translated into English. These two books are related to her uncommon childhood: from age 7 to age 17 she lived with her parents and two siblings in the jungle of Waropen,

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, with the remote tribe of the Fayu. Her parents were the first whites to live with the newly discovered tribe of about 400 people, who hunted with bow and arrow, ate snakes, insects and worms, and practiced intertribal warfare and revenge killings. The Kueglers were there to study the tribe's language."Dschungelkind" - Buch von Sabine Kügler schürt Mythos vom "edlen Wilden"
press release of the '' Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker'', 18 February 2005. (German) Her mother, trained as a nurse, performed midwife duties with the tribe. At age 17, Sabine Kuegler left and attended a Swiss boarding school. She is divorced and has four children. Her parents have returned to Germany. Her best-selling first book ''Dschungelkind'' (Jungle Child) (Droemer Knaur, München 2005, ) describes her experiences in the two different cultures and her occasional nostalgia for the simpler, slower life of the tribe. An English translation (''Jungle Child'', ) appeared in the same year and a German film adaptation in 2011. Her second book, ''Ruf des Dschungels'' (Call of the Jungle) (Droemer Knaur, München 2006, ) describes a visit to the Fayu that she undertook in late 2005. A third book, "Jäger und Gejagte" (Hunter and prey) describes her experiences living in Europe. The German group '' Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker'' criticized her first book, claiming that it romanticized the life of the Fayu and pointing out that it failed to mention the human rights violations of the

n government against West Papuan people, and their endangerment by clearing of the jungle and industrial projects. In her second book and in public appearances, Sabine Kuegler was able to emphasize these political issues, her parents having left West Papua in 2006, enabling her to go public with her political activities. She has aimed to be a spokesperson for the threatened Fayu.Das Dschungelkind kehrt zurück
''ZDF Mittagsmagazin'', 20 November 2006. (Video, German)

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Sabine Kuegler
profile, interview and book extract at

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BBC Interview
21 September 2005
BBC Interview
28 December 2005

''Perceptive Travel online magazine'', March/April 2007
Interview
Daily Telegraph 20.9.2005
English website for the book ''Jungle Child''.

* Website of Sabine's sister Judith, https://judithkuegler.wordpress.com/ information on their childhood. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuegler, Sabine 1972 births Living people People from Lalitpur District, Nepal German non-fiction writers

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