| Heinrich Böll (1) [1917–1985]For other authors named Heinrich Böll, see the disambiguation page.14,490 (49,073) | 622 | 1,354 | (3.97) | 19 | 0 | Heinrich Böll was born in Cologne, Germany on December 21, 1917. He studied German at the University of Cologne. He was drafted into military service in 1938 shortly after he finished his schooling and served several years in the infantry before his demobilization in 1945. His first novel, Der Zug war pünktlich (The Train Was on Time), was published in 1949. His other works include Billiards at Half-Past Nine, The Clown, Absent without Leave, Enter and Exit, and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum. He received numerous awards including the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. He died on July 16, 1985 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum … (more) |
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Heinrich Böll has 1 past event. (show)  Oakland- The Seated Diesels discuss "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes The Seated Diesels back to the store to discuss The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum: Or Where Violence Develops and Where It Can Lead by Heinrich Boll on Tuesday, October 28th at 7:30 pm. In an era in which journalists will stop at nothing to break a story , Heinrich Boll's, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, has taken on heightened relevance. A young woman's association with a hunted man makes her the target of a journalist determined to grab headlines by portraying her as an evil woman. As the attacks on her escalate and she becomes the victim of anonymous threats, Katharina sees only one way out of her nightmare. Turning the mystery genre on its head, the novel begins with the confession of a crime, drawing the reader into a web of sensationalism, character assassination, and the unavoidable eruption of violence.
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