Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll
Böll in 1981
Born
Heinrich Theodor Böll

(1917-12-21)21 December 1917
Cologne, Prussia, German Empire
Died16 July 1985(1985-07-16) (aged 67)
Langenbroich, West Germany
Notable awardsGeorg Büchner Prize
1967
Nobel Prize in Literature
1972
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Heinrich Theodor Böll (/bɜːrl/; German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈbœl] ⓘ; 21 December 1917 – 16 July 1985) was a German writer. Considered one of Germany's foremost post–World War II writers, Böll received the Georg Büchner Prize (1967) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1972).

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