Heinrich Boll Bio (Biography)
Real name:
Heinrich Theodor Böll
Date of birth:
December 21. 1917
Place of birth:
Cologne, Germany
Astrology Sign:
Sagittarius
Tags:
Biography
Heinrich Boll is a Nobel Prize winning German author best known for the novel Billiards at Half-Past Nine.
Heinrich Boll was born in Cologne, Germany on December 21, 1917. He was apprenticed to a book seller and attending the University of Cologne where he studied German. As a young man he was drafted into the Wehrmacht during World War II. He served in France, Romania, Hungary and the Soviet Union and was wounded four times. He was captured in 1945 and sent to an American POW camp. Because of his injuries he spent much of his life in and out of hospitals.
Once released from service, Heinrich Boll began to focus on writing and 30 years of age he became a full-time writer. In 1949 his first novel Der Zug war punktlich (The Train Was On Time) was published. Several other novels, short stories, radio plays and essays followed and in 1972 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His novels have been translated into thirty languages. Some of his most famous novels are Billiards at Half-past Nine, The Clown, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum and The Safety Net.
Heinrich Boll died in 1985 when he was 67. His books, the Heinrich Boll Foundation and a special Heinrich Boll Archive in the Cologne Library keep his memory alive.
Heinrich Boll was born in Cologne, Germany on December 21, 1917. He was apprenticed to a book seller and attending the University of Cologne where he studied German. As a young man he was drafted into the Wehrmacht during World War II. He served in France, Romania, Hungary and the Soviet Union and was wounded four times. He was captured in 1945 and sent to an American POW camp. Because of his injuries he spent much of his life in and out of hospitals.
Once released from service, Heinrich Boll began to focus on writing and 30 years of age he became a full-time writer. In 1949 his first novel Der Zug war punktlich (The Train Was On Time) was published. Several other novels, short stories, radio plays and essays followed and in 1972 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His novels have been translated into thirty languages. Some of his most famous novels are Billiards at Half-past Nine, The Clown, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum and The Safety Net.
Heinrich Boll died in 1985 when he was 67. His books, the Heinrich Boll Foundation and a special Heinrich Boll Archive in the Cologne Library keep his memory alive.