Momo, also known as
The Grey Gentlemen or
The Men in Grey, is a
fantasy novel by
Michael Ende, published in 1973. It is about the concept of
time and how it is used by humans in modern societies. The full title in
German (
Momo oder Die seltsame Geschichte von den Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Menschen die gestohlene Zeit zurückbrachte) translates to
Momo, or the strange story of the time-thieves and the child who brought the stolen time back to the people. The book won the
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1974.