Hilmar Hoffmann

Hoffmann in 1989

Hilmar Hoffmann (25 August 1925 – 1 June 2018) was a German cultural and movie historian. He was born in Bremen, Germany. Between 1970 and 1990 he was a City Councillor in Frankfurt am Main, and initiated the promotion of free groups in urban culture. From 1993 to 2001 he was president of the Goethe-Institut (Munich).[1] He taught movie theory and cultural politics at the Goethe University Frankfurt.

Hoffmann died in Frankfurt, Germany on 1 June 2018 of a stroke at the age of 92.[2]

References

  1. Wilm Herlyn: Rechtschreibung. dpa-Chef plädiert für „Kundenumfrage“. In: Der Spiegel Nr. 32, August 7. 2000, S. 90 - German orthography in the 20th Century
  2. Glaubwürdiger Streiter, begnadeter Bettler (in German)

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