Heinrich Boll
German novelist and Nobel laureate who was one of the leading voices of postwar German literature. His fiction bears moral witness to the destruction of World War II and the spiritual emptiness of the subsequent economic miracle.
Works
- The Lost Honor of Katharina BlumNovella about woman's life destroyed by media frenzy after minor crime
- Billiards at Half-Past NineNovel exploring German history through interconnected characters at billiards table
- The ClownNovel about former musician's spiritual and social alienation in postwar Germany
- Group Portrait with LadyNovel piecing together German history through testimonies of diverse ordinary people
- Acquainted with the Night