The Nobel Prize in Literature 1972
Awarded on: 1972-10-19
"for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature"
Heinrich Böll
Born: 1917-12-21 in Cologne, Germany
Gender: male
Field: German writer (1917–1985)
Biography
Heinrich Theodor Böll 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).