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Wolfgang Hildesheimer

Born

in Hamburg, Germany

December 09, 1916

Died

August 21, 1991

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Wolfgang Hildesheimer was an acclaimed German-born author, playwright, and visual artist who became a central voice in post-WWII European literature. Born into a Jewish family in Hamburg on December 9, 1916, he fled the Nazi regime in 1933, moving to Britain and later to Palestine. He initially trained as a painter and stage designer in London. After the war, his deep linguistic skills led him to work as a simultaneous interpreter and court stenographer at the Nuremberg trials in 1946.

This dark historical experience heavily influenced his transition from painting to writing. He joined the influential West German literary circle Gruppe 47, establishing himself as a pioneer of the Theatre of the Absurd in Germany. His early fame grew with the ...more

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	Mozart by Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Marion Faber (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1977 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tynset 3.73 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1965 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lieblose Legenden 4.14 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1952 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradies der falschen Vögel 3.67 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1953 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marbot. Eine Biographie 3.98 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1981 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mitteilungen An Max Über Den Stand Der Dinge Und Anderes 4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Stories of Wolfgang Hildesheimer by Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zeiten in Cornwall 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El fin del mundo by Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Paula Blanco (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1969 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Masante really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is, as you can imagine, a genuine problem: I would never put up with less. It is a rather complicated problem, and my friends, or at least the well-meaning among them, advise me to solve it. But I cannot make up my mind to do so, I have gotten used to it. Sometimes, I wonder: what would I be without my problem? And of course I am unable to respond.”
― Wolfgang Hildesheimer, The Collected Stories of Wolfgang Hildesheimer

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“To think of how many times I have carted a lingering drunk out of my house in a wheelbarrow and leaned him up against a tree along the road.”
― Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Tynset

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“Wieder ist ein Jahr vergangen: allmählich wird mir dieser ewigwährende Zyklus ein wenig leid,
wozu verschiedene Faktoren, deren Urheber ich in diesem Zusammenhang, um mich keinen
Unannehmlichkeiten, deren Folgen, die in Kauf zu nehmen ich, der ich gerne Frieden halte,
gezwungen wäre, nicht absehbar wären, auszusetzen, nicht nennen möchte, beitragen.”
― Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Mitteilungen An Max Über Den Stand Der Dinge Und Anderes

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