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Heinrich Böll

1917 - 1985

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Heinrich Theodor Böll (; German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈbœl] ; 21 December 1917 – 16 July 1985) 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Böll is the 167th most popular writer (down from 162nd in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Germany (down from 128th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Writer.

Heinrich Böll is most famous for his novel, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Heinrich Böll ranks 167 out of 7,302. Before him are Tomas Tranströmer, Guillaume Apollinaire, Jean Racine, Elias Canetti, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Novalis. After him are Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, Rudyard Kipling, Pindar, Nicolas Flamel, and André Breton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Heinrich Böll ranks 5. Before him are Indira Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Ferdinand Marcos, and Park Chung-hee. After him are John Fenn, Arthur C. Clarke, Rodney Robert Porter, Ilya Prigogine, Frederica of Hanover, James Rainwater, and Christian de Duve. Among people deceased in 1985, Heinrich Böll ranks 5. Before him are Marc Chagall, Enver Hoxha, Konstantin Chernenko, and Yul Brynner. After him are Charles Francis Richter, Macfarlane Burnet, Orson Welles, Rodney Robert Porter, Italo Calvino, Fernand Braudel, and Carl Schmitt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Böll ranks 136 out of 7,253. Before him are Pope Clement II (1005), August Kekulé (1829), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), and Novalis (1772). After him are Max Müller (1823), Erik Erikson (1902), Henry the Fowler (876), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Adolf Windaus (1876), and Leopold I of Belgium (1790).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Heinrich Böll ranks 11. Before him are Bertolt Brecht (1898), Thomas Mann (1875), Heinrich Heine (1797), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), Charles Bukowski (1920), and Novalis (1772). After him are Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Nelly Sachs (1891), Paul Heyse (1830), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), and Eckhart Tolle (1948).

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