On Heinrich Böll’s birthday, his son reflects on the Nobel laureate Artist René Böll offers insight into the life and work of his father, writer Heinrich Böll. The Nobel laureate was once called the “author of ordinary people.” December 21 marks the 100th

He was candid in an interview with author Tanja Dückers at the International Literature Festival in Berlin this fall about how he feels his father is perceived nowadays, what marked him as a writer, and about the ups, downs and public disputes of the past.