Wilhelm Hortmann

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Wilhelm Hortmann (* 1929 ) studied English and German in Cologne , as well as sociology at Fordham University in New York City .

Hortmann taught English literature at the universities of Frankfurt, Duisburg and Santa Barbara. After his retirement he worked as a theater historian, biographer and speechwriter. Hortmann was primarily concerned with the intersection of culture and politics, with a particular focus on the connection between theater and contemporary history. After several specialist publications, he presented his first novel, Das Wunder von Bochum . He is a member of the PEN Center Germany .

more publishments

  • Shakespeare and the German Theater in the XX. Century. - Edit again German edition - Henschel, Berlin 2001. ISBN 3-89487-374-4
  • The miracle of Bochum. - 2nd edition - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2007. ISBN 978-3-8334-8459-9 ISBN 3-8334-8459-4
  • From human to human; Life and work of the forwarding agent Georg Dietrich from Offenburg , Swiridoff-Verlag, 2004 ISBN 978-3-89929-042-4
  • When the art dies. On the principle of the organic in art and social theory by Herbert Read (= Duisburg University Contributions 5), Walter Braun Verlag, Duisburg 1976.

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