When in the summer of 1972 Heinrich Boll received the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, he responded with the surprised question: "Was, ich, und nicht Gunter Grass"" (Really? I, and not Gunter Grass"). This reaction summarizes...

When in the summer of 1972 Heinrich Böll received the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, he responded with the surprised question: "Was, ich, und nicht Günter Grass"" (Really? I, and not Günter Grass"). This react...

One of Germany's most popular and prolific authors, Heinrich Böll (1917-1985) gained international fame--winning the Nobel Prize in 1972--as a chronicler of the Federal German Republic (1949-1990). Critics have generally emphasized his strong ethica...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Group Portrait With Lady Genesis, Translations Boll has indicated that the incubation of Gruppenbild mit Dame, 1971 (Group Portrait with Lady, 1973) was a matter of several years; the writing, however, did not take long. As was the case with his...

It is Thanksgiving Day, 1860. Abraham Lincoln has been elected president and civil war threatens the nation. Out West, the Pony Express is 8 months old. In Boston, a 9-year-old girl begins a diary she will keep for the next 52 years. ...