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). The Nobel Prize in Literature 1972, announced October 19, 1972. Heinrich Böll, “for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature”. Heinrich Böll: born 1917, Cologne, Germany. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).