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Heinrich Theodor Boll, recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Cologne, Germany. His father was a cabinet maker. Following graduation from high school, he took an apprenticeship as a bookseller. He spent the latter part of World War II in an American prisoner-of-war camp in France. Later he became a member of the "Gruppe 47."
Boll began writing as a child. His first book, DER ZUG WAR PUNKTLICH (THE TRAIN WAS ON TIME), was published when he was 30. Many of his writings reflect his experiences during World War II.
Heinrich Boll died near Bonn, West Germany in 1985.
CHRONOLOGY
1917 He was born in Cologne, Germany. (December 21)
1937 He graduated from high school.; He began working as an apprentice bookseller for the Matth. Lempertz company.
1938 He left his apprenticeship.
1942 He married Annemarie Cech.
1945 His son, Christoph, died.
1947 He was released from an American prisoner-of-war camp.; Der Zug War Punktlich (The Train was on Time); His son, Raimond, was born.
1948 His son, Rene, was born.
1950 Wanderer Kommst Du Nach Spa (Traveller, If You Come To Spa); His Son, Vincent, Was Born.; He Worked At The Cologne Bureau Of Statistics.
1951 Wo Warst Du, Adam? (Adam Where Art Thou?); Die Schwarzen Schafe; He Began Working As A Freelance Writer.
1952 Nicht Nut Zur Weinachtszeit
1953 Und Sagte Kein Einziges Wort (And Never Said A Word)
1954 Haus Ohn Huter (The Unguarded House)
1955 Das Brot Der Fruhen Jahre (The Bread Of Our Early Years); So Ward Abend Und Morgen
1956 Unberechenbare Gaste
1957 Im Tal Der Donnernden Hufe; Irisches Tagebuch (Irsh Journal; Die Spurlosen
1958 Erzahlungen; Doctor Murkes Gesammeltes Schweigen Und Andere Satiren (Dr. Murke's Collection Of Silence)
1959 Billiard Um Halb Zehn (Billiards At Half-Past Nine)
1961 Brief An Einen Jungen Katholiken
1962 Ein Schluck Erde; Als Der Krieg Ausbrach. Ald Der Krieg Zu Ende War (When The War Ended)
1963 Hierzulande; 1947 Bis 1951; Ansichten Eines Clownes (The Clown)
1964 Entfernung Von Der Truppe
1966 Ende Eine Dienstfahrt (End Of A Mission); Frankfurter Vorlesungen; Eighteen Stories; Die Freiheit Der Kunst
1967 Aufsatze, Kritik, Reden; Wo Warst Du, Adam? Und Erzahlungen; Buchners Gegenwartigkeit
1968 He worked as a teacher at the University of Frankfurt.
1969 Hausfriedensbruch; Geschichten Aus Zwolf Jahren; Leben Im Zustand Des Frevels
1970 Children Are Civilians Too
1971 Gruppenbild Mit Dame (Group Portrait With A Lady)
1972 Erzahlungeb 1950-1970; Gedichte; He Was Awarded The Nobel Prize For Literature.
1973 Neue Politische Und Literarische Schriften; Politishe Meditationen Zu Gluck Und Vergeblichkeit
1974 Die Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum (The Lost Honour Of Katharina Blum)
1975 Berichte Zur Gesinnungslage Der Nation; Gedichte; Drei Tage Im Marz
1977 Einmischung Erwunscht; Missing Persons And Other Essays
1979 Fursorgliche Belagerung (Safety Net); Einer Deutsche Erinnerung
1981 Was Soll Aus Bem Jungen Bloss Werden? (What's To Become Of The Boy?); Warum Haben Wir Aufeinander Geschossen?
1982 Vermintes Gelande: Das Vermachtnis
1983 Die Verwundlung (The Casualty)
1984 Ein-Und Zuspruche
1985 Frauen Vor Flusslandschaft (Women In A River Landscape); Das Vermachtnis (A Soldier's Legacy); He Died Near Bonn, West Germany. (July 16)
1986 The Stories Of Heinrich Boll
1987 Wir Kommen Weit Her: Rom Auf Den Ersten Blick
1992 Der Engel Schweig (The Silent Angel)
1997 The Mad Dog Stories
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