Although Walt Disney’s 1942 animated adaptation of “Bambi” may seem like an original creation, the story actually comes from a 1923 book by Felix Salten titled “Bambi: A Life in the Woods.” In which country did the book originate?

From Bill McKibben’s review of “The Original Bambi” in 2022:

Salten published “Bambi” in 1923, and it was immediately a huge success, first in Austria and Germany and then, after an English translation (by, somewhat incredibly, Whittaker Chambers), in America, where it was a selection of the mighty Book of the Month Club and caught the attention of one Walt Disney. The rest is history — the American Film Institute recognized Walt’s version in 2008 as the third-best animated film of all time. It is thus firmly lodged in the boomer brain as a child’s tale, which is precisely why this new translation from Princeton University Press is so welcome. Because it turns out that “Bambi” is quite remarkable: a meditation on powerlessness and survival told with great economy and sophistication.