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Manuela Hoelterhoff (1949-2026) Arts critic, author. Manuela Hoelterhoff was born in Hamburg, Germany, and died in Manhattan, New York. She was an art critic for the Wall Street Journal and won the criticism Pulitzer for her writing.

Full Name

Manuela Vali Hoelterhoff

Locations

Nassau•New York•Rockland•Ulster

Author's Timeline

1949

Birth

Manuela Vali Hoelterhoff was born in Hamburg, Germany, on April 6, 1949.

1957

Other Life Event

Rockland County
Ms. Hoelterhoff emigrated to the United States with her family and settled near Nyack, New York, in 1957.

1971

Other Life Event

Nassau County
Ms. Hoelterhoff received a bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, in 1971.

1973

Other Life Event

New York County
Ms. Hoelterhoff received a master’s degree in art history from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts in 1973.

1983

Other Life Event

Ms. Hoelterhoff won the criticism Pulitzer Prize for her writing in 1983.

1955

Literary Work

Ms. Hoelterhoff wrote the libretto for the opera, “Modern Painters,” which premiered at the Santa Fe Opera in 1995.

1998

Literary Work

Cinderella & Company: Backstage at the Opera with Cecilia Bartoli
Knopf
0679444793 / 978-0679444794
Nonfiction.

2026

Residence

Ulster County and New York County
Ms. Hoelterhoff had homes in Gardiner, New York, and in Manhattan, New York.

2026

Death

New York County
Manuela Hoelterhoff died at a hospital in Manhattan, New York, on May 6, 2026.

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