Writer

Heinrich Böll

1917 – 1985

Active years (films on this site)

1963–1977

Genres

DramaHistoryComedyRomance

Schools and movements

New German CinemaSlow and Contemplative CinemaBalkan Cinema

Directors worked with

Jean-Marie Straub2 filmsAleksandar Petrović1 film

Biography

Heinrich Theodor Böll 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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Awards and honours

International

• Nobel Prize in Literature 1972
• Carl von Ossietzky Medal 1974
• Medal of Gratitude 2015
• Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
• Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

National / local

• Georg Büchner Prize 1967
• honorary citizen of Cologne 1983

3 films on this site

1. Machorka-Muff 1963 · Jean-Marie Straub · IMDb 6.5 · Writer
2. Not Reconciled 1965 · Jean-Marie Straub · IMDb 6.3 · Writer
3. Group Portrait with a Lady 1977 · Aleksandar Petrović · IMDb 5.7 · Writer