What was the relationship between Wittgenstein and Heidegger?

Question

It has just struck me that, although Wittgenstein and Heidegger were alive at the same time and were similarly aged (give or take), I've never seen any literature about their views on each other or their relationship to each other.

Can anybody comment on this please?

Answer 1

Their philosophies grew out of different traditions. Wittgenstein's greatest influences were Russell and Frege and the analytic tradition, while Heidegger was influenced by Husserl and Nietzsche and the continental phenomenological tradition. The analytic tradition treats thought as a function of conventional language, while continental phenomenology, following Husserl, treats thought as based on making sense of sensuous experience, from a highly subjective standpoint.
___You might do better looking for connections between Russell and Frege on the one hand, and Husserl on the other, before the anlaytic tradition got so analytical, and the continental tradition got so subjective.

Answer 2

They never met. From what i Know Wittgenstein never read H. But H must have known some of W papers, specially the tractatus. The bottom line is that W was more related to the logical and analysts then H was.
Try reading some of the late work by H. in which he reviews an important part of his thoughts.

Answer 3

Wittgenstein was Heidigger's mother-in-law's son's second aunt's third cousin....twice removed.