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Heinrich Böll

German writer (1917-1985) · Germany · Writers · Died at 67

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A German writer who turned the rubble and moral wreckage of post-war Germany into prose sharp enough to win him the Nobel Prize in 1972.

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2015Medal of GratitudeAward1985Died16 July 19851983Honorary Citizen of CologneAward1974Carl von Ossietzky MedalAward1972“Creativity is not limited to people practising one of the traditional forms of art, and even in the case of artists, creativity is not confined to the exercise of their art.”In their wordsJoseph Beuys and Heinrich Böll (1972), cited in: Caroline Tisdall, Joseph Beuys, exh.cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 1979. p.

Nobel Prize in LiteratureAward1967Georg Büchner PrizeAward1917Born21 December 1917

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  1. Creativity is not limited to people practising one of the traditional forms of art, and even in the case of artists, creativity is not confined to the exercise of their art.

    1972, Joseph Beuys and Heinrich Böll (1972), cited in: Caroline Tisdall, Joseph Beuys, exh.cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 1979. p., Own words

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Medal of Gratitude2015
Honorary Citizen of Cologne1983
Carl von Ossietzky Medal1974
Nobel Prize in Literature1972
Georg Büchner Prize1967
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Heinrich Theodor Böll was born on 21 December 1917 and became one of Germany's foremost writers in the decades after World War II. His work captured the landscape of a country rebuilding itself, earning him the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967. Five years later, in 1972, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died on 16 July 1985.

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Germany
Category
Writers
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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1985 · aged 67

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