Heinrich Böll
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1972.
Born: 21, Dec, 1917, Cologne, Germany
Died: 16, Jul, 1985, Bornheim-Merten, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "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"
Prize share: 1/1