Hans Werner Henze was born on July 1, 1926 in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is known for his work on Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour (1963), Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (1975) and Un amour de Swann (1984). He died on October 27, 2012 in Dresden, Germany.