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William Hjortsberg
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1941
- Works
- 38
Top works
- WORK of ART
- Jubilee Hitchhiker
- Matières grises
- Falling Angel
- Gray Matters
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
William Reinhold "Gatz" Hjortsberg was an American novelist and screenwriter, known for his originality and for writing the screenplay of the film Legend. His novel Falling Angel was the basis for the film Angel Heart (1987). The novel was adapted into an opera in 2015, composed by J. Mark Scearce with a libretto by Lucy Thurber. His 2015 novel Mañana is a thriller set in Mexico. Hjortsberg was…
Known for
- Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' — Himself2002
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Livingston
- Occupation
- biographer
- Educated at
- Stanford University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.williamhjortsberg.com
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- date of birth
- 1941-02-23
- date of death
- 2017-04-22
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
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