Binjamin Wilkomirski
Swiss fake writer
Facts
17 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- February 12, 1941
- Place of birth
- Biel/Bienne
- Country of citizenship
- Switzerland[8]
- Occupation
- writer, musical instrument maker, clarinetist, impostor, counterfeiter, confabulator[9]
- Notable work
- Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood[10]
- Genre
- autobiography[12]
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- Swiss German, German[23][24]
- Birth name
- Bruno Grosjean[25]
- Described by source
- The Wilkomirski affair, Binjamin Wilkomirski's Fragments and Holocaust Envy: ‘Why Wasn't I There, Too?‘, ... alias Wilkomirski, The man with two heads, A life in pieces[18][19][20][21][22]
- Family name
- Grosjean
- Name in native language
- Bruno Dössekker[26]
- Pseudonym
- Binjamin Wilkomirski[15]
- Significant event
- adoption, confabulation[16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bruno Grosjean
en Bruno Dössekker
en Binjamin Wilkomirski
en Benjamin Wilkomirski
cs Benjamin Wilkomirski
cs Bruno Doessekker
cs Bruno Dössekker
cs Bruno Grosjean
de Bruno Dössekker
de Bruno Doessekker
de Binjamin Vilkomirski
fr Benjamin Wilkomirski
fr Bruno Dössekker
fr Bruno Grosjean
he בנימין וילקומירסקי
he ברונו גרוסיאן
he וילקומירסקי
it Binjamin Wilkomirski
it Frantumi. Un'infanzia 1939-1948
pl Bruno Dössekker
🔖 Identifiers · 31
- ISNI
- 0000000369108362
- VIAF cluster ID
- 960145857874.6B (215.6M–960145857874.6B, n=3)
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n95104650
- GND ID
- 119375834, 1090090226
- Awards & Winners artist ID
- 01xk13
- BBC Things ID
- 198e1c83-d192-4f67-8d25-a5ebab2ebda5
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 12565199x
- BookBrainz author ID
- 06141662-86a6-479d-80c9-5eda5cfe0813
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140845216734250752
- DDB person (GND) ID
- 119375834
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
- 119375834
- FAST ID
- 364098
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- Freebase ID
- /m/01xk13
- Goodreads author ID
- 250110
- IdRef ID
- 034955011
- J9U entity ID
- 987007430709905171
- JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
- 119375834
- KBR person ID
- 20361998
- Kallías ID
- PE00095942
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA11209560
- NDL Authority ID
- 00665662
- NL CR AUT ID
- jo2012686124, jx20120223041
- NLP ID
- a0000001186849
- NUKAT ID
- n2003023370
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810579255705606
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 146787862
- Open Library ID
- OL507916A
- RERO ID (legacy)
- A003976158
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 773226
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJxcXgCwKtJRcqd4ptFHYP
- Yale LUX ID
- person/4fde0405-26d7-4a66-8021-2b75891811fc
🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
Significant event 2
Country of citizenship 1
Genre 1
Given name 1
Influenced 1
Instance of 1
Place of birth 1
Residence 1
Sex or gender 1
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Summary
Binjamin Wilkomirski was born on February 12, 1941[1], in Biel/Bienne[2]. He has worked as a writer[3], musical instrument maker[4], clarinetist[5], impostor[6], and counterfeiter[7].
Why It Matters
He has been cited as an influence by Laurel Rose Willson[27], a writer[28], 1941–2002[29], of United States[30].
FAQs
Where was Binjamin Wilkomirski born?
Binjamin Wilkomirski's place of birth was Biel/Bienne[2].
What did Binjamin Wilkomirski do for work?
Binjamin Wilkomirski worked as a writer[3], musical instrument maker[4], clarinetist[5], impostor[6], and counterfeiter[7].
Who did Binjamin Wilkomirski influence?
Binjamin Wilkomirski has been cited as an influence by Laurel Rose Willson[27].