Heinrich Böll (1) (1917–1985)
Author of The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
For other authors named Heinrich Böll, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Heinrich Böll was born in Cologne, Germany on December 21, 1917. He studied German at the University of Cologne. He was drafted into military service in 1938 shortly after he finished his schooling and served several years in the infantry before his demobilization in 1945. His first novel, Der Zug show more war pünktlich (The Train Was on Time), was published in 1949. His other works include Billiards at Half-Past Nine, The Clown, Absent without Leave, Enter and Exit, and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum. He received numerous awards including the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. He died on July 16, 1985 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Heinrich Böll
1947 bis 1951 : 'Der Zug war pünktlich', 'Wo warst du, Adam?' und sechsundzwanzig Erzählungen (1963) — Author — 21 copies
Billard um halbzehn / Ansichten eines Clowns / Ende einer Dienstfahrt. (3 Romane in einem Band) (1972) 13 copies
El tren llegó puntual: ¿Dónde estabas, Adán? ; Y no dijo ni una palabra ; El pan de los años mozos ; El honor… (1900) — Author — 10 copies
The Stories of Heinrich Boll 9 copies
Verhalen 8 copies
Billiards at Half-Past Nine / Group Portrait With Lady / The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1985) 8 copies
Le opere: E non disse nemmeno una parola ; Racconti umoristici e satirici ; Opinioni di un clown ; La mia musa (1978) 8 copies
Billiards at Half-Past Nine / The Clown / Group Portrait With Lady / The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1991) 7 copies
Narrativa completa, tomo 3: Retrato de grupo con señora ; E·l honor perdido de Katharina Blum ; Asedio preventivo (2015) — Author — 6 copies
Verzamelde verhalen. 1956-1983 6 copies
Essayistische Schriften und Reden 1, 1952-1963 (Werkausgabe, Herausgegeben von Bernd Balzer) (1979) 6 copies
Un sorso di terra 5 copies
Heinrich Böll liest Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum + Gruppenbild mit Dame + Berichte zur Gesinnungslage der… (2003) 3 copies
Jällenägemine puiesteel : [novellid] 3 copies
La mia musa 3 copies
Fünf Erzählungen 3 copies
Il mestiere inspiegabile. La scrittura come contemporaneità. Dialogo con Heinrich Vormweg (1994) 2 copies
Die Juden von Drove 2 copies
Stories of Heinrich Boll 2 copies
Racconti umoristici 1 copy
Das Brot der frühen Jahre : Erzählung. Nachw. von Gerhard Joop / Ullstein Nr. 239, 3548002390 1 copy
Oldenbourg Interpretationen : Heinrich Böll : Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (1998) — Writer — 1 copy
Heinrich Böll: Ich han dem Mädche nix jedonn, ich han et bloß ens kräje : Texte, Bilder, Dokumente zur Verleihung… (1983) 1 copy
Werke - Eine Auswahl. Novellen, Erzählungen, Heiter-satirische Prosa. Irisches Tagebuch, Aufsätze,… 1 copy
Werke. Kölner Ausgabe. Bände 1/2004 bis 27/2010. Herausgegeben von Arpad Bernath, Hans Joachim Bernhard,… (2004) 1 copy
Frühe Erzählungen 1 copy
Erzählungen: Die Waage der Baleks /Die schwarzen Schafe /Weggeflogen sind sie nicht /Anekdote zur Senkung der… (1995) 1 copy
Opere 1 copy
Romane 1 copy
Śmierć Lohengrina 1 copy
Heinrich Böll . Werke in 10 Bänden . 1: Romane und Erzählungen 1947-1951, 2: Romane und Erzählungen… 1 copy
Treno era in orario, Il 1 copy
Don Enrique (una antología) 1 copy
El pan de los años mozos / Billar a las nueve y media — Author — 1 copy
Unfertig ist der Mensch — Author — 1 copy
Widerstand ist ein Freiheitsrecht: Schriften und Reden zu Literatur, Politik und Zeitgeschichte (2011) 1 copy
Город привычных лиц 1 copy
Klassiker auf CD-Rom : Heinrich Böll : Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum [sound recording + commentary] (2001) — Text — 1 copy
Zu seinem Tod 1 copy
Damals in Odessa 1 copy
Klopfzeichen 1 copy
Sämtliche Werke 1 copy
Heinrich Böll und Köln: Mit einer Wanderung durch Heinrich Bölls Köln von Martin Stankowski (Fiction, Poetry &… (1994) 1 copy
Lebbra 1 copy
Associated Works
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1955) — Translator, some editions — 6,066 copies
World Exhibition of Photography: 555 Photos by 264 Photographers from 30 Countries on the Theme What Is Man? (1900) — Introduction — 33 copies
Deutsche Kurzgeschichten : eine Auswahl für mittlere Klassen (1972) — Author, some editions — 5 copies
Chargesheimer. Die Entdeckung des Ruhrgebiets [Ausstellungskatalog Ruhr Museum, Essen, 2014] (2014) 4 copies
Natale raccontato da ... — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Böll, Heinrich
- Legal name
- Böll, Heinrich Theodor
- Other names
- BÖLL, Heinrich Theodor
BÖLL, Heinrich - Birthdate
- 1917-12-21
- Date of death
- 1985-07-16
- Burial location
- Merten, Germany
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Cologne, German Empire
- Place of death
- Kreuzau-Langenbroich, Germany
- Places of residence
- Köln, Germany
- Education
- Cologne University, Germany
- Occupations
- novelist
short-story writer
essayist
bookseller - Relationships
- Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr (friend)
Böll, Viktor (nephew)
Böll, Annemarie (spouse) - Organizations
- Gruppe 47
International PEN
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
German Army (WWII) - Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (Literature, 1972)
Georg Büchner Prize (1967)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1974)
Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (1960)
Charles Veillon Prize (1960)
American Philosophical Society (1983) (show all 9)
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1984)
Tribune de Paris Prize (1954)
Eduard von der Heydt Prize (1958)
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