Who was Heinrich Böll? - Easy Read Published: 11 June 2025 Here you will find all the important facts about Heinrich Böll. You can find out more about the Heinrich Böll Foundation and its work here. ➢ Have fun reading!
"Interference Desired": Heinrich Böll and his PEN Presidency 1970 to 1974 Published: 17 February 2023 Background Fifty years ago, an article by Heinrich Böll entitled "A Plea for Meddling" appeared in the New York Times. In it, Böll pleaded to intervene in all countries of the world when it comes to helping political prisoners and obtaining their release. Markus Schäfer
The power of poetry Published: 19 December 2022 Essay How does my writing work? Mely Kiyak addresses this big question against the backdrop of Heinrich Böll's Nobel Prize lecture, in which he dealt with the unfathomable prerequisite for his own writing. Mely Kiyak
"Poetry is not a class privilege." Published: 13 December 2022 Interview In the book "Collected Silence," Sharon Dodua Otoo has opened up new perspectives on the life and work of Heinrich Böll. In an interview, the writer now explores the now famous Nobel Prize lecture that Heinrich Böll wrote fifty years ago. A conversation about the possibility of language, poetry and other realities - beyond prevailing reason. Frank Steinhofer
The author of the interspace Published: 10 December 2022 Essay When Heinrich Böll was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972, the general tenor was that it was an explicitly political award. That image is wrong, and it was wrong even then. Jochen Schimmang
A Visit to Böll Country Published: 4 June 2019 Background Achill Island, the westernmost tip of Ireland, was a retreat and source of inspiration for Heinrich Böll. He immortalized it in his Irish Journal, and the local people thank him to this day with an annual Memorial Weekend. Dr. Ellen Ueberschär
The lost amour of journalistic integrity: how violence develops and where it can lead Published: 13 December 2017 A pamphlet This essayistic anachronism imagines Böll's novella The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1974) as if it were unfolding in contemporary times in an era of populism and rising conservatism, in which female sexuality is still richly milked as a sensational cover for abuse of patriarchal power. Amanda Lee Koe
Our guests at Haus Langenbroich 2014 Published: 30 September 2014 News about our scholarship holders at the Heinrich Böll House in Langenbroich.
A place of refuge and work Published: 7 September 2011 On September 10, 2011, the Heinrich Böll House in Langenbroich in the North Eifel region celebrated its 20th anniversary as a refuge and workspace for artists from all over the world.
The Clearance of Pain: Selected Writings by Heinrich Böll, 1940-1985 Published: 10 January 2011 The editors of the recently published anthology of non-fiction writings by Heinrich Böll, in Hebrew, share thoughts and comments about the celebrated author and Nobel Prize laureate. Adina Stern and Hanan Elstein also reflect on the process of their work, and explain why they believe that Böll’s work is highly relevant to contemporary Israeli society. Adina Stern, Hanan Elstein
