Viktor Boell

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Viktor Böll (born October 9, 1948 in Cologne ; † January 31, 2009 there ) was a German cultural worker and head of the Heinrich Böll archive .

Life

One year after starting to study German , sociology and theater studies in Cologne , he became the assistant to his uncle Heinrich Böll in 1971 . After he had given all of his documents to the City of Cologne on permanent loan, Viktor took over the management of the Heinrich Böll Archive in 1979. In this position he also worked as author and editor for the work of the Nobel Prize winner for literature until his death. He became a founding member of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Lew Kopelew Forum .

His own works include a volume of prose, the Grotesque Visions and the play Abolition of Letters , which he wrote together with Konrad Beikircher .

engagement

  • Viktor Böll was a. a. Member of the citizens' committee for alternative honorary citizenship, which awards "alternative honorary citizenship" in Cologne.

Fonts (selection)

  • Heinrich Boell . German Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-423-31063-4 (together with Jochen Schubert)
  • Visions: a grotesque . Emons, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-89705-231-8
  • Update: Bibliography on the work of Heinrich Böll . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-462-02604-6 (together with Markus Schäfer)
  • Interim report: on a new bibliography of the works of Heinrich Böll . City library, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-929578-01-8
  • (Ed.): The Heinrich Böll Reading Book . German Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-423-10031-1
  • (Ed.): Heinrich Böll and Cologne . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-462-02321-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger: Viktor Böll died
  2. ^ Günter Demnig is the second alternative honorary citizen of Cologne ; report-k.de, August 20, 2006  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.report-k.de  
personal data
SURNAME Böll, Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cultural worker and director of the Heinrich Böll Archive
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 2009
Place of death Cologne