Hilma Wolitzer

Hilma Wolitzer (born 1930[1]) is an American novelist.

Career

Wolitzer’s novels include Ending, In the Flesh, The Doctor's Daughter and Hearts.

Ending

Lead New York Times critic Anatole Broyard wrote of Ending, “After finishing Wolitzer’s book, I felt as if I had been on the brink of the abyss, pulled back by a last‐minute reprieve. My first impulse was to rush out and live, to grasp at existence as every instant of it was climactic . . . Apocalyptic as sounds, ‘Ending’ made me feel I never wanted to take anything for granted again. If you have ever smelled death, really recognized it, life is a miracle. You can understand Marie Antoinette's saying, to the executioner, on the platform of the guillotine, ‘one more moment of happiness!’”[2]

The novel became the loose basis for the acclaimed Bob Fosse film All That Jazz, which received the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1980.[3]

Personal life

Wolitzer’s daughter, Meg Wolitzer, is also a writer.

References
  1. Wolitzer, Goodreads
  2. Broyard, Anatole (July 30, 1974). "Love on the Critical List". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  3. Hodgson, Moira (December 30, 1979). "When Bob Fosse's Art Imitates Life, It's Just 'All That Jazz'". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2020.


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