Heinrich Boll
Heinrich Boll
Heinrich Theodor Böllwas one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. Böll was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 December 1917
CityCologne, Germany
CountryGermany
memories war lying
Behind every word a whole world is hidden that must be imagined. Actually, every word has a great burden of memories, not only just of one person but of all mankind. Take a word such as bread, or war; take a word such as chair, or bed or Heaven. Behind every word is a whole world. I'm afraid that most people use words as something to throw away without sensing the burden that lies in a word.
world behinds whole-world
Behind every word a whole world is hidden that must be imagined.
order knows know-how
One ought to go too far, in order to know how far one can go.