Adorno married a paid secretary who transcribed his dictated texts with Horkheimer.

Evidence

The theses on anti-Semitism were given their final form using the same method as that used for a large part of the fragments of Dialectic of Enlightenment: Horkheimer and Adorno jointly dictated to Gretel Adorno. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1358 (#expands, via linked claim)

Horkheimer described his daily routine during the months of intensive work on the dialectics book in a letter to Tillich. … My life runs quite a regular course. In the morning, I take a short walk with Pollock, after which I write notes and drafts for a fairly methodical study; in the afternoons I usually see Teddie to decide on the final text with him. Now and then I also discuss with Marcuse the parts he is responsible for. The evening belongs to Pollock, and sometimes also to Weil. In between, there are seminars and business to do with practical questions involving the Institute. … There is already an imposing series of preliminary notes, but the final formulation of them will still take years. This is due partly to the objective difficulties of the task of producing a formulation of dialectical philosophy which will take account of the experience of recent decades, and partly to our lack of routine, the cumbersomeness of thinking, and the lack of clarity on important points which we are still labouring under. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1347 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer and Adorno composed key texts by joint dictation to Gretel Adorno. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1358; Dialectic of Enlightenment was jointly dictated and finalized by Horkheimer and Adorno in person. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1347

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer and Adorno composed key texts by joint dictation to Gretel Adorno. #expands (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1358
• Dialectic of Enlightenment was jointly dictated and finalized by Horkheimer and Adorno in person. #expands (0.90) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1347