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Literature Club on Monday – 40th anniversary of Heinrich Böll’s death
Literature Club on Monday – 40th anniversary of Heinrich Böll’s death – A critical spirit for peace and human rights 01.09.25
Heinrich Theodor Böll (December 1917 to July 1985), was a controversial, sometimes uncomfortable intellectual spirit who critically accompanied the years of reconstruction of the young Federal Republic of Germany.
He repeatedly took a stand on the issues of the time, both in his writing and in his journalism.
Whether fighting terrorism at the time of the RAF, student protests of the APO or the peace movement:
Heinrich Böll was present, loud and opinionated.
His speech in Bonn’s Hofgarten in October 1981 in front of tens of thousands of demonstrators against NATO rearmament is just as unforgettable as his participation in a sit-in blockade in front of a US missile base in Mutlangen in 1983.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972, Böll became the voice of German left-wing intellectuals.
Well-known works such as Gruppenbild mit Dame (1971) and Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (1974) were school canon and were made into films by director Rainer Maria Fassbinder.
The 40th anniversary of Böll’s death should be an occasion to look at the life of this controversial writer from today’s perspective.
