Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum is a 1974 story by Heinrich Böll, first serialised in Der Spiegel from 29 July 1974 and published as a book that year by Kiepenheuer & Witsch. A housekeeper's life is wrecked by a tabloid paper and a police inquiry. Schlöndorff and von Trotta filmed it in 1975.
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- First edition
- Kiepenheuer& Witsch, 1974
- First published
- Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1974
The first edition of Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll was published in Cologne by Kiepenheuer& Witsch in 1974. We track 1 edition.
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Awards and honours
Adaptations
- The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum film, 1975
Setting and characters
- Set in
- Western Germany (1974)
In print
- Editions recorded
- 62 on Open Library, 21 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 29 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum?
The first edition of Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll was published in Cologne by Kiepenheuer& Witsch in 1974.
How many editions of Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum are there?
We track 1 edition of Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Did Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum win any awards?
Yes: Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum won the Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, according to Wikidata.
Has Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum been adapted?
Yes, including The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (film, 1975), according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- 50 Jahre Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 2024 (boell.de)
- The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Q841315), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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