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Heinrich Böll
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Heinrich Böll

1917 – 1985 · aged 68

German writer (1917–1985)

Born
21 Dec 1917 · Cologne
Died
16 Jul 1985 · Langenbroich
Part ofGermany1,250 BCE – todayGermans1471 – todayCatholic Church170 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 78 years
  1. 21 Dec 1917BornBorn in Cologne
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1967AwardGeorg Büchner Prize
  4. 1972 – 1973RoleChairperson
  5. 1972AwardNobel Prize in Literature
  6. 1974AwardCarl von Ossietzky Medal
  7. 1983AwardHonorary citizen of Cologne
  8. 16 Jul 1985DiedDied in Langenbroich

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1917 – 1985).

  1. 1917Balfour Declaration
  2. 1917February Revolution
  3. 1917October Revolution
  4. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  5. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  6. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  7. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  8. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  9. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  10. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  11. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1938Munich Agreement
  13. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  14. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  15. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  16. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  17. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  18. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  19. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  20. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  21. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  23. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  24. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  26. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  27. 1956Suez Crisis
  28. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  30. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  32. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  34. 1968Prague Spring
  35. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  36. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  37. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  38. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  40. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War

Biography

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).

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