Walter Kaufmann
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German writer (1924–2021)
Film & TV
Known for
- The Secret Agent's Destiny — Wendel1970
- Frozen Flashes — Colonel Briggs1967
- The Banner of Kryvyi Rih — Leutnant Stone1967
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Walter Kaufmann (1 April 1907 – 9 September 1984) was born in Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary), then part of Austria-Hungary. He studied composition and musicology in Berlin and Prague, working under figures such as Franz Schreker. He is best known for his prolific creative work in India, his extensive radio music for All India Radio, and later his academic career in Canada. His output ranges from orchestral and chamber music to film scores and pioneering studies of non-Western musical traditions. <a hre
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Kaufmann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Spouse
- Angela Brunner
- Child
- Deborah Kaufmann
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Award
- Heinrich Mann Prize
- Work location
- Kleinmachnow
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- date of birth
- 1924-01-19
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- date of death
- 2021-04-15
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- name in native language
- Walter Kaufmann
- birth name
- Jizchak Schmeidler
- pseudonym
- John Mercator
- manner of death
- natural causes
- P8168
- Conglomerate
- archives at
- Berlin State Library
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