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William Hjortsberg

William Hjortsberg

Known For Writing
Birthday Feb 23, 1941
Died Apr 22, 2017 (76)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Aug 23, 2025
Entry Date Aug 23, 2025
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Biography

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 w ... ith a libretto by Lucy Thurber. His 2015 novel Mañana is a thriller set in Mexico. Hjortsberg was the only child of a Swedish restaurateur father and a Swiss mother. He attended Dartmouth College, the Yale School of Drama (where he met Thomas McGuane), and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. He was married three times, and had a son and a daughter. He died of pancreatic cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Hjortsberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Angel Heart

Angel Heart

1987

Novel

Legend

Legend

1985

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The Georgia Peaches

The Georgia Peaches

1980

Teleplay

Thunder and Lightning

Thunder and Lightning

1977

Writer

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