Wolfgang Hildesheimer | |
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| Born | (1916-12-09)9 December 1916 Hamburg, Germany |
| Died | 21 August 1991(1991-08-21) (aged 74) |
| Resting place | Protestant cemetery inPoschiavo, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Writer and painter |
| Notable works | Tynset, lyrical prose (1965) Mozart (1977) |
| Relatives | Azriel Hildesheimer (Great-grandfather) |
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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.
Hildesheimer was born of Jewish parents, chemist Arnold Hildesheimer (1885–1955) and Hanna Goldschmidt (1888–1962),[1] inHamburg. His great-grandfather wasAzriel Hildesheimer, the moderniser ofOrthodox Judaism in Germany.[2] He was educated at theHumanistisches Gymnasium inMannheim (Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium [de]) from 1926 to 1930. He then attendedOdenwaldschule until 1933, when he left Germany. He was then educated atFrensham Heights School in Surrey, England. He studied carpentry inMandatory Palestine, where his parents had emigrated. He studied painting and stage building in London.
In 1946 he worked as a translator and clerk at theNuremberg trials. Afterward, he worked as a writer and was a member ofGroup 47. In 1980, he gave the inaugural address at theSalzburg Festival, "Was sagt Musik aus?" [What does music say?].[3] In addition to writing, Hildesheimer createdcollages which he collected in several volumes (the firstEndlich allein, 1984), an activity he shared with other late-20th century writersPeter Weiss andRor Wolf. The municipality ofPoschiavo in Switzerland made Hildesheimer anhonorary citizen in 1982; he died there in 1991.
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