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The German writer and translator is considered one of the most important German authors of the post-war period. He wrote poems, short stories, and novels, some of which were made into films. He took a critical look at the young Federal Republic. His most successful works include "Billiards at Half Past Nine", "Views of a Clown" and "Group Portrait with Checkers". Heinrich Böll received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972; After 43 years, he was the first German writer to receive this award. His most popular work, “The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum,” was published in 1974. Through his political commitment, he and his friend Lev Kopelew influenced post-war European literature. In addition, Böll worked with his wife Annemarie as an editor and translator of English-language works into German... Heinrich Böll became a full-time writer at the age of 30. His first novel, The Train Was on Time, was published in 1949. Many other novels, short stories, radio plays, and essay collections followed. In 1972 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature "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." He was the first German-born author to receive the Nobel Prize since Hermann Hesse in 1946. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages, and he is one of Germany's most widely read-authors.