Given the question: Facts: - death place: langenbroich , north rhine-westphalia , west germany - signature: heinrich boll -lrb- signature -rrb- . jpg - caption: heinrich boll , 1981 - influences: thomas mann , edvard kocbek - death date: 16 july 1985 - awards: georg buchner prize 1967 - birth date: 21 december 1917 - name: heinrich theodor boll - nationality: german - image: bundesarchiv b 145 bild-f062164-0004 , bonn , heinrich boll.jpg - birth place: cologne , german empire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of heinrich boll .
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heinrich theodor boll -lrb- ; 21 december 1917 -- 16 july 1985 -rrb- was one of germany 's foremost post-world war ii writers .boll was awarded the georg buchner prize in 1967 and the nobel prize for literature in 1972 .