 It is believed that "Închide ochii și vei vedea Orașul" inspired various aspects of Michael Ende's "The Neverending Story" and that, in Ende's "Das Gauklermärchen" ("The Juggler's Tale"), Chimet's Elli became Eli, a simple and poor girl who believes herself a princess.The Chimet-Ende correspondence was published as a book in 1999.In 2006-2007, Chimet also published two volumes of the letters he exchanged with various other authors, including Ursu and Camil Baciu, under the title "Cartea prietenilor mei" ("My Friends' Book").