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Which one is NOT one of the major themes in Heinrich Böll's The Clown?
a. Intolerability about seriousness
b. Corruption of christian ethic and spirituality
c. Loss of traditional familial and social unity
d. Society's incapability for artist's different ideologies
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Heinrich Böll

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born

December 21, 1917

died

July 16, 1985

gender

male

place of birth

Cologne, Germany

influences

Thomas Mann

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Heinrich Böll became a full-time writer at the age of 30. His first novel, Der Zug war pünktlich (The Train Was on Time), was published in 1949. Many other novels, short stories, radio plays and essay collections followed, and in 1972 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature "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." He was the first German-born author to receive this award since Hermann Hesse in 1946. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages, and he is one of Germany's most widely read authors.

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	The Clown by Heinrich Böll avg rating 4.08 — 666 ratings — published 1963 43 editions	my rating:
	The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum : Or How Violence Develops and Where It Can Lead by Heinrich Böll avg rating 3.65 — 279 ratings — published 1974 36 editions	my rating:
	Billiards at Half-Past Nine by Heinrich Böll avg rating 3.91 — 171 ratings — published 1959 17 editions	my rating:
	Group Portrait With Lady by Heinrich Böll avg rating 3.90 — 161 ratings — published 1383 22 editions	my rating:
	The Train Was on Time / قطار به موقع رسید by Heinrich Böll avg rating 3.73 — 147 ratings — published 1377 9 editions	my rating:
	نان سال‌های جوانی by Heinrich Böll, محمد اسماعیل زاده avg rating 3.44 — 156 ratings — published 1955 19 editions	my rating:
	The Stories of Heinrich Böll by Heinrich Böll avg rating 4.03 — 78 ratings — published 1987 3 editions	my rating:
	And Never Said a Word by Heinrich Böll avg rating 3.87 — 79 ratings — published 1994 16 editions	my rating:
	Irisches Tagebuch by Heinrich Böll avg rating 3.91 — 32 ratings — published 1969 17 editions	my rating:
	The Silent Angel by Heinrich Böll avg rating 3.84 — 31 ratings — published 1994 10 editions	my rating: