Hilma Wolitzer

Hilma Wolitzer (born 1930) is an American novelist.

Career

Wolitzer's first novel for adults, Ending, was published in 1974. In his review of the novel, lead New York Times critic Anatole Broyard wrote, “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!’”[1] Ending was the loose basis for Bob Fosse's 1979 film All That Jazz.[2]

Personal life

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

Bibliography

Novels
  • Ending (1974)
  • In the Flesh (1977)
  • Hearts (1980)
  • In the Palomar Arms (1983)
  • Silver (1988)
  • Tunnel of Love (1994)
  • The Doctor's Daughter (2006)
  • Summer Reading (2007)
  • An Available Man (2012)

YA fiction
  • Introducing Shirley Braverman (1975)
  • Out of Love (1976)
  • Toby Lived Here (1980)
  • Wish You Were Here (1984)

Non-fiction
  • The Company of Writers (2001)

Short story collections
  • Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket (2021)

References
  1. Broyard, Anatole (July 30, 1974). "Love on the Critical List". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  2. 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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