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| name = Wolfgang Hildesheimer<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1916|12|09}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hamburg]], Germany<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1991|8|21|1916|12|09}}<br />
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| resting_place = Protestant cemetery in [[Poschiavo]], Switzerland<br />
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| occupation = Writer and painter<br />
| notable_works = ''Tynset'', lyrical prose (1965)<br />''Mozart'' (1977)<br />
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| relatives = [[Azriel Hildesheimer]] (Great-grandfather)<br />
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'''Wolfgang Hildesheimer''' (9 December 1916 – 21 August 1991) was a German author. He originally trained as an artist, before turning to writing.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Hildesheimer was born of Jewish parents, chemist Arnold Hildesheimer (1885–1955) and Hanna Goldschmidt (1888–1962),<ref>{{cite book|url=https://media.suhrkamp.de/mediadelivery/asset/c467116c4d7f4254a109763676ab5014/die-sichtbare-wirklichkeit-bedeutet-mir-nichts_9783518425152_leseprobe.pdf|last=Hildesheimer|first=Wolfgang|title="Die sichtbare Wirklichkeit bedeutet mir nichts." Die Briefe an die Eltern, 1937–1962|pages=11–12|language=de|year=2016|type=excerpt|editor=Volker Jehle|editor-link=:de:Volker Jehle|publisher=Suhrkamp|isbn=978-3-518-42515-2}}</ref> in [[Hamburg]]. His great-grandfather was [[Azriel Hildesheimer]], the moderniser of [[Orthodox Judaism]] in Germany.<ref>{{cite book |title=Freud in Zion |first=Eran J. |last=Rolnik |publisher=Karnak |location=London |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-78049-053-3 |page=113 |orig-year=2007 in Hebrew}}</ref> He was educated at the ''[[Humanistisches Gymnasium]]'' in [[Mannheim]] ({{ill|Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium Mannheim|de|lt=Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium}}) from 1926 to 1930. He then attended [[Odenwaldschule]] until 1933, when he left Germany. He was then educated at [[Frensham Heights School]] in Surrey, England. He studied carpentry in [[Mandatory Palestine]], where his parents had emigrated. He studied painting and stage building in London.<br />
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In 1946 he worked as a translator and clerk at the [[Nuremberg trials]]. Afterward, he worked as a writer and was a member of [[Group 47]]. In 1980, he gave the inaugural address at the [[Salzburg Festival]], "Was sagt Musik aus?" [What does music say?].<ref>[http://www.suhrkamp.de/autoren/wolfgang_hildesheimer_1977.html Brief biography], [[Suhrkamp]]/Insel. Retrieved 13 October 2011 {{in lang|de}}</ref> In addition to writing, Hildesheimer created [[collage]]s which he collected in several volumes (the first ''Endlich allein'', 1984), an activity he shared with other late-20th century writers [[Peter Weiss]] and [[Ror Wolf]]. The municipality of [[Poschiavo]] in Switzerland made Hildesheimer an [[honorary citizen]] in 1982; he died there in 1991.<br />
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== Works ==<br />
* 1952 ''{{ill|Lieblose Legenden|de}}'', short stories<br />
* 1953 ''Das Paradies der falschen Vögel''<br />
* 1954 ''An den Ufern der Plotinitza'', radio play<br />
* 1955 ''Der Drachenthron'', comedy in three acts<br />
* 1955 ''{{ill|Das Opfer Helena|de}}'', radio play<br />
* 1954 ''Das Märchen von Prinzessin [[Turandot]]'' (The Fairy Tale of Princess Turandot), radio play<br />
* 1958 ''Pastorale oder Die Zeit für Kakao'', play<br />
* 1960 ''Herrn Walsers Raben'', radio play<br />
* 1961 ''Die Verspätung'', play<br />
* 1962 ''Vergebliche Aufzeichnungen''<br />
* 1965 ''[[Tynset (novel)|Tynset]]'', a novel<br />
* 1970 ''Mary Stuart'', play<br />
* 1971 ''Zeiten in Cornwall'', travelogue<br />
* 1973 ''Masante'', a novel<br />
* 1977 ''{{ill|Mozart (Hildesheimer)|de|Mozart (Hildesheimer)|lt=Mozart}}'', a biography of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]<br />
* 1981 ''{{ill|Marbot (novel)|fr|Sir Andrew Marbot|lt=Marbot}}'', a fictional biography of Sir Andrew Marbot<br />
* 1983 ''Mitteilungen an Max (Über den Stand der Dinge und anderes)''<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden]] (a radio play prize for ''Princess Turandot'') 1955<br />
* [[Georg Büchner Prize]] 1966<ref>{{cite web |title=Wolfgang Hildesheimer |url=https://www.deutscheakademie.de/en/awards/georg-buechner-preis/wolfgang-hildesheimer |website=Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung |access-date=12 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref><br />
* [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (Großes Verdienstkreuz) 1983<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://archiv.adk.de/bigobjekt/8953 "Wolfgang-Hildesheimer-Archiv"], [[Academy of Arts, Berlin]]<br />
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