HEINRICH BÖLL.
A biography of Heinrich Böll, a writer, is presented. He was born on December 21, 1917 in Cologne, Germany. He attended a Catholic elementary school and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Cologne. He then worked as an apprentice in a bookshop and as a tutor and enrolled at the University of Cologne. He...
| Published in: | Giants in Their Field: An Introduction to the Nobel Prizes in Literature pp. 416 - 419 |
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| Format: | Biography |
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Digitalia Publishing Corp.
1993
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| Summary: | A biography of Heinrich Böll, a writer, is presented. He was born on December 21, 1917 in Cologne, Germany. He attended a Catholic elementary school and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Cologne. He then worked as an apprentice in a bookshop and as a tutor and enrolled at the University of Cologne. He also won a Nobel Prize for his German postwar literature. An exploration of his life as a writer and a soldier is presented. In addition, a list of his published works is offered. |
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