(1917–85), German novelist and short-story writer; full name Heinrich Theodor Böll. His years in the German army (1938–44) provided the material for his earliest novel, Adam, Where Art Thou? (1951). His later work, such as The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1974), is frequently critical of post-war German society. Nobel Prize for Literature (1972).
Definition of Böll, Heinrich in US English:
Böll, Heinrich
proper nounbœl
(1917–85), German novelist and short-story writer; full name Heinrich Theodor Böll. Notable works: Billiards at Half Past Nine (1959) and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1974). Nobel Prize for Literature (1972).