Heinrich Böll

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born

December 21, 1917 in Cologne, Germany

died

July 16, 1985

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Travel, Short Stories

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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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Average rating: 3.84 · 9,872 ratings · 633 reviews · 148 distinct works

	عقاید یک دلقک by Heinrich Böll, محمّد اسماعیل‌زاده (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 3,322 ratings — published 1963 — 54 editions	My rating:
	The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll, Leila Vennewitz (Translator), Heinrich Boll 3.61 avg rating — 1,836 ratings — published 1974 — 47 editions	My rating:
	Billiards at Half-Past Nine by Heinrich Böll, Heinrich Boll 3.94 avg rating — 571 ratings — published 1959 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Group Portrait With Lady by Heinrich Böll, Leila Vennewitz (Translator), Heinrich Boll 3.89 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 1971 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The Train Was on Time by Heinrich Böll, Leila Vennewitz (Translator), Heinrich Boll 3.75 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 1949 — 18 editions	My rating:
	نان سال‌های جوانی by Heinrich Böll, محمد اسماعیل‌زاده 3.48 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 1386 — 19 editions	My rating:
	And Never Said a Word by Heinrich Böll, Leila Vennewitz (Translator), Heinrich Boll 3.82 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 195 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Irisches Tagebuch 3.82 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1957 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Stories of Heinrich Böll by Heinrich Böll, Leila Vennewitz (Translator), Heinrich Boll 4.08 avg rating — 158 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Silent Angel 3.73 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1992 — 10 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Heinrich Böll

“یک چیز بسیار زیبا وجود دارد. هیچ . به هیچ فکر کن”
― Heinrich Böll

tags: عقاید-یک-دلقک

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“مردمي هم هستند كه در انتظار هيچ به سر مي‌برند.”
― Heinrich Böll

23 people liked it

“An artist is like a woman who can do nothing but love, and who succumbs to every stray male jackass.”
― Heinrich Böll, The Clown

tags: art , artist , love , woman

9 people liked it

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