Angel Wagenstein
Angel Wagenstein | |
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| Born | Angel Raymond Wagenstein 17 October 1922 Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Died | 29 June 2023 (aged 100) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter Author |
Angel Raymond Wagenstein (Bulgarian: Анжел Раймонд Вагенщайн; 17 October 1922 – 29 June 2023) was a Bulgarian screenwriter and author. He was the author of over fifty screenplays for films, documentaries and cartoons and is most known for his movies about Bulgarian Communists.
His 1959 film, Stars, was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. His novel, Far from Toledo, was awarded the Sorbonne's Alberto Benveniste annual prize in 2002, while the novel Farewell Shanghai received the Jean Monnet Prize for European literature in 2004.
Wagenstein was made a knight chevalier of the French Order of Merit and awarded Bulgaria's highest honour, the Stara Planina Order. A documentary about his life, Angel Wagenstein: Art Is a Weapon, was produced by American director Andrea Simon in 2017 and won the Audience Award at the South East European Film Festival.