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Also Known As	Heinrich Theodor Böll
Born	December 21, 1917 • Cologne • Germany
Died	July 16, 1985 (aged 67) • near Cologne • West Germany
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1972)
Notable Works	“Acquainted with the Night” • “Billiards at Half-Past Nine” • “Group Portrait with Lady” • “The Bread of Our Early Years” • “The Clown” • “The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum” • “The Train Was on Time”