We construct an algebra X associated to a finite-dimensional Hopf alge
bra A, such that there exists a vector space-preserving equivalence of
categories between the categories of Hopf bimodules over A and of lef
t X-modules. We show that X is isomorphic to the direct tenser product
of the Heisenberg double of A and the opposite of its Drinfeld double
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