Paul Holdengräber Biography
Paul Holdengräber is a writer, curator, and interviewer from the United States. He was the director of public programming at the New York Public Library and arranged literary dialogues for the NYPL’s public program series, LIVE from the NYPL, which he developed.
How old is Paul Holdengräber? – Age
He is 63 years old as of 15 March 2023. He was born in 1960 in Houston, Texas, United States. His real name is Paul Bernard Holdengräber.
Paul Holdengräber Family – Education
His parents were Austrian Jews with ancestors in Romania and Poland who escaped to Haiti during WWII. Kurt had been booted from medical school during his second year because he was Jewish. Kurt farmed vegetables and worked as a farmer in Haiti, among a Jewish community of 107 families; it was there that he met and married Holdengräber’s mother. Paul’s family relocated from Haiti to Mexico City, where his older sister was born. The family then relocated from Mexico to Houston before settling in Brussels, Belgium. Holdengräber spent most of his childhood hitchhiking around Europe.
Holdengräber attended the Sorbonne to study philosophy. He graduated from the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium with a bachelor’s degree. Holdengräber obtained his Ph.D. in comparative literature from Princeton University in 1995. He held a post-doctoral position at the Getty Research Institute from 1995 to 1996.
Paul Holdengräber Wife
Holdengräber resides in Glendale, California, a Los Angeles suburb, with his wife, writer Barbara Holdengräber, and their two kids. He can communicate in English, French, German, and Spanish. He spoke French and Flemish in Brussels.
Paul Holdengräber Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 Million.
Paul Holdengäber Shows
Holdengräber debuted The Paul Holdengräber program, an internet-television chat program, on YouTube’s Intelligent Channel on February 3, 2012. Colum McCann, Elizabeth Gilbert, and David Chang have all been interviewed on the show.
Paul Holdengrber Career
Holdengräber established the Institute for Arts and Culture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with the goal of “challenging the perception that museums are nothing more than mausoleums for Old Masters.” With its ambitious lecture series, in which artists, poets, actors, authors, and philosophers confront crucial cultural topics via energetic presentations, conversations, and performances, the institution became an active and lively arena for debate under Holdengräber’s guidance.
Holdengräber was hired by then-NYPL President Paul LeClerc in 2004 to launch a public program at the New York Public Library. LIVE from the NYPL, a talk series with writers, singers, filmmakers, and artists, was started by Holdengräber. Holdengräber interviewed hundreds of notable figures as the director of LIVE from the NYPL, including Patti Smith, Zadie Smith, Anish Kapoor, and Jay Z.
He regards the New York Public Library as a repository of information. One of his most memorable talks was with German filmmaker Werner Herzog. He has collaborated with organizations such as Rolex, The Moth, and PEN World Voices.