Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Heinrich Böll
Born: December 21, 1917
Died: July 16, 1985 (aged 67)
Bio: Heinrich Theodor Böll was 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.
Known for:
- The Clown (1963)
- Group Portrait with Lady (1971)
- Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959)
- The Train Was on Time (1949)
- The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1974)