The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Hildesheimer, Wolfgang, 1916-1991

LC control no.n 50034853
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPT2617.I354
Personal name headingHildesheimer, Wolfgang, 1916-1991
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Associated placeEngland Palestine
LocatedPoschiavo (Switzerland)
Birth date1916-12-09
Death date1991-08-21
Place of birthHamburg (Germany)
Profession or occupationAuthor Painter Dramatist
Found inHis Lieblose Legenden, 1952.
His Rede an die Jugend, 1991: t.p. (Wolfgang Hildesheimer) insert (d. 8-11-1991)
Wikipedia, viewed July 5, 2006 (Wolfgang Hildesheimer; b. Dec. 9, 1916, Hamburg; d. Aug. 21, 1991; German author and artist)
Tynset, 2016: ECIP t.p. (Wolfgang Hildesheimer) data view (Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916-1991) was a German writer, dramatist, and painter known for his contributions to the so-called Theater of the Absurd, as well as his inventive treatments of the biographical genre. He was born in Hamburg, but studied and worked in England and Palestine before returning to Germany to serve as an interpreter in the Nuremberg Trials. He later became associated with the Gruppe 47, and in 1957 settled in Poschiavo, Switzerland, where he spent the remaining years of his life)