Hilma Wolitzer

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!’”{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/30/archives/love-on-the-critical-list-books-of-the-times-to-control-the.html|title=Love on the Critical List|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Broyard|first=Anatole|date=July 30, 1974|accessdate=March 5, 2020}} Ending was the loose basis for Bob Fosse's 1979 film All That Jazz.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/30/archives/when-bob-fosses-art-imitates-life-its-just-all-that-jazz-bob-fosses.html|title=When Bob Fosse's Art Imitates Life, It's Just 'All That Jazz'|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Hodgson|first=Moira|date=December 30, 1979|accessdate=March 5, 2020}}

The recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships and an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111074590/michele-dargan-great-middle-aged/|title='Great Middle-Aged Hope' to lead author talks|date=October 18, 2006|work=Palm Beach Daily News|first=Michele|last=Dargan|access-date=October 10, 2022|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} Wolitzer wrote for the TV series Family.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938486/|title=Hilma Wolitzer|work=IMDb|accessdate=October 10, 2020}}

Wolitzer's daughter, Meg Wolitzer, is also a writer.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110489508/sherryl-connelly-mother-daughter/|title=Mother, daughter, author! author!|newspaper=New York Daily News|last=Sherryl|first=Connelly|date=May 1, 1994|page=13-City Lights|accessdate=September 30, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web |last=Avenue |first=Next |date=2021-10-22 |title=How Hilma Wolitzer Came Back From Covid Tragedy To Publish Her First Book In 8 Years—At The Age Of 91 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2021/10/22/how-hilma-wolitzer-came-back-from-covid-tragedy-to-publish-her-first-book-in-8-years-at-the-age-of-91/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Forbes}}

• Ending (1974){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110486310/margaret-manning-a-real-love-story/|title=A real love story|newspaper=Boston Globe|last=Manning|first=Margaret|date=August 5, 1974|page=9|accessdate=September 30, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
• In the Flesh (1977){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110486867/jonathan-yardley-in-the-flesh-may/|title=In the Flesh' May Be Better Than 'Ending'|newspaper=Macon (Georgia) News|last=Yardley|first=Jonathan|date=November 6, 1977|page=3F|accessdate=September 30, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Hearts (1980){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110486525/donna-dinovelli-feminine-odyssey-to/|title=Feminine Odyssey to the American Heartland|newspaper=Hartford Courant|last=Dinovelli|first=Donna|date=October 19, 1980|page=G8|accessdate=September 30, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
• In the Palomar Arms (1983){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110487131/ginny-frizzi-colorful-characters-make/|title=Colorful characters make novel shine|newspaper=Pittsburgh Press|last=Frizzi|first=Ginny|date=September 4, 1983|page=5 Family Magazine|accessdate=September 30, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Silver (1988){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110490038/julia-rushing-blonom-novel-skillfully/|title=Novel skillfully depicts complexities of domestic life|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|last=Blonom|first=Julia Rushing|date=July 22, 1988|page=4:1|accessdate=September 30, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Tunnel of Love (1994){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110498271/mary-mackey-growing-pains-in-la/|title=Growing Pains in L.A.|newspaper=San Francisco Examiner|last=Mackey|first=Mary|date=June 12, 1994|page=8-Review|accessdate=October 7, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
• The Doctor's Daughter (2006){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110889684/jane-gross-a-writer-welcomes-back-the/|title=A writer welcomes back the words|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|agency=New York Times News Service|last=Gross|first=Jane|date=May 26, 2006|page=C5|accessdate=October 7, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Summer Reading (2007){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111053651/nancy-posey-novel-delves-into-readers/|title=Novel delves into readers themselves|newspaper=Charlotte Observer|last=Posey|first=Nancy|date=July 13, 2007|page=5E|accessdate=October 10, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
• An Available Man (2012){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111071612/reeve-lindbergh-a-widower-re-enters/|title=A widower re-enters the dating scene|newspaper=Miami Herald|last=Lindbergh|first=Reeve|date=February 19, 2012|page=5M|accessdate=October 10, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

• Introducing Shirley Braverman (1975){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/blue-island-sun-standard-top-titles-fr/132465007/|title=Top Titles: From the Junior Department|newspaper=Blue Island (Illinois) Sun-Standard|date=March 11, 1976|page=III-7|accessdate=September 26, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Out of Love (1976){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111072001/riley-john-new-fiction-out-of/|title=New Fiction: Out of Love|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|last=Riley|first=John|date=February 20, 1977|page=4-Book Review|accessdate=October 10, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Toby Lived Here (1980){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111072699/zena-sutherland-childrens-books-for/|title=Children's Books: For the Middle Group|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|last=Sutherland|first=Zena|date=October 1, 1987|pages=7–15|accessdate=October 10, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Wish You Were Here (1984){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110749957/susan-faust-bernie-as-every-kid/|title=Bernie as Every Kid|newspaper=San Francisco Examiner|last=Faust|first=Susan|date=December 9, 1984|page=4-Review|accessdate=October 5, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

• The Company of Writers (2001)

• Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket (2021){{cite web|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/all/today-a-woman-went-mad-in-the-supermarket-stories/|title=Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories|website=BookMarks|publisher=Literary Hub|date=September 2, 2021|accessdate=September 30, 2022}}{{cite web |last=Wolitzer |first=Meg |date=2021-08-30 |title=When Covid struck the Wolitzers, Meg and Hilma bonded by creating a book. Let them tell you about it. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/when-covid-hit-the-wolitzers-meg-and-hilma-bonded-creating-a-book-let-them-tell-you-about-it/2021/08/30/46f67b9a-fc77-11eb-943a-c5cf30d50e6a_story.html |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Washington Post}}{{cite web |last=McAlpin |first=Heller |date=2021-09-04 |title=In 'Today A Woman Went Mad In The Supermarket,' It's The Details That Really Get You |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/04/1031889765/hilma-wolitzer-review-today-woman-went-mad-in-supermarket |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=NPR}}

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• [http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=11679 Hilma Wolitzer at Fresh Fiction]
• [https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/30/archives/love-on-the-critical-list-books-of-the-times-to-control-the.html Anatole Broyard in the New York Times on “Ending”]
• [https://hazlitt.net/longreads/theres-gotta-be-something-better Hazlitt on “Ending” and “All That Jazz”]

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