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BIOGRAPHY

Hildesheimer was born of Jewish parents in Hamburg . After studying carpentry in Palestine, where his parents had emigrated, he studied painting and stage building in London. 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?''). In addition to writing, Hildesheimer created Collages , which he collected in several volumes (the first ''Einlich allein'', 1984), an activity he shared with other late 20th century writers Peter Weiss and Ror Wolf .


WORK


  • 1952 Lieblose Legenden, Erzählungen

  • 1953 Das Paradies der falschen Vögel

  • 1954 Das Märchen von Prinzessin Turandot (The Fairy Tale of Princess Turnandot), a radio play

  • 1960 Herrn Walsers Raben (Mr. Walser's ), a radio play

  • 1962 Vergebliche Aufzeichnungen

  • 1965 Tynset, a novel

  • 1973 Masante, a novel

  • 1977 Mozart , a biography

  • 1981 Marbot, a fictional biography

  • 1983 Mitteilungen an Max (Über den Stand der Dinge und anderes)

  • Pastorale oder Die Zeit für Kakao, a theatre piece.

  • Der Drachenthron, a comedy in three acts

  • Das Opfer Helena, a comedy in two parts

  • Die Verspätung, a work in two parts



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