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1917 - Böll was born in Cologne, Germany on the 21st of December.
1930- He successfully resisted joining the Hitler Youth.
1945 - He served in France, Romania, Hungary and the Soviet Union, and was wounded four times before he was captured by Americans in April and sent to a POW camp.
1949 - Böll became a full-time writer at the age of 30. His first novel, Der Zug war pünktlich (The Train Was on Time), was published in 1949.
1954 - He wrote "The Unguarded House".
1955 - He wrote "The Bread of our Early Years".
1972 - He received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1975 - He wrote "The Lost Honor of Katherina Blum".
1976 - He demonstratively left the Catholic church, “without falling off” the faith.
1985 - Heinrich Böll died on the 16th of July at the age of 67.
1930- He successfully resisted joining the Hitler Youth.
1945 - He served in France, Romania, Hungary and the Soviet Union, and was wounded four times before he was captured by Americans in April and sent to a POW camp.
1949 - Böll became a full-time writer at the age of 30. His first novel, Der Zug war pünktlich (The Train Was on Time), was published in 1949.
1954 - He wrote "The Unguarded House".
1955 - He wrote "The Bread of our Early Years".
1972 - He received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1975 - He wrote "The Lost Honor of Katherina Blum".
1976 - He demonstratively left the Catholic church, “without falling off” the faith.
1985 - Heinrich Böll died on the 16th of July at the age of 67.
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