Heinrich Böll (1917-1985) was one of the most respected and read German postwar authors. His critical analysis of German society emerged from the defeat and the aftermath left his countrymen reflected in novels like The angel silent (1951) or Group Portrait with Lady (1971). The bread of the early life (1955), Billiards at half past nine (1959) or The Clown (1963) made him an author read worldwide. In 1972 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. But what will become of this boy? was written in 1981 and never until now had been translated into Spanish.