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A comprehensive biography of the German novelist, poet, and Nobel laureate, who wrote The Tin Drum and other works about his native Danzig. Learn about his life, career, political views, and controversies.
Erfahren Sie mehr über das Leben und Werk des berühmten deutschen Schriftstellers, der 1999 den Nobelpreis für Literatur erhielt. Lesen Sie über seine Herkunft, seine Kriegszeit, seine politischen Aktivitäten, seine Kontroversen und seine Werke in verschiedenen Genres.
Learn about the life and works of Günter Grass, the German writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999 for his "portrayal of the changing face of his nation". Explore his novels, plays, essays, poems and graphic art, as well as his political and social engagement.
Günter Grass (born October 16, 1927, Danzig [now Gdańsk, Poland]—died April 13, 2015, Lübeck, Germany) was a German poet, novelist, playwright, sculptor, and printmaker who, with his extraordinary first novel Die Blechtrommel (1959; The Tin Drum ), became the literary spokesman for the German generation that grew up in the Nazi era and survived ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 13, 2015 · Günter Grass, the German novelist, social critic and Nobel Prize winner whom many called his country’s moral conscience but who stunned Europe when he revealed in 2006 that he had been a member...
- Stephen Kinzer
Apr 13, 2015 · Günter Grass wrote more than 30 plays, novels, books of poems, essays and memoirs. He was also a visual artist and sculptor. He won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature....
Apr 13, 2015 · Learn about the life and work of German writer Günter Grass, who won the Nobel Prize for his "frolicsome black fables" that portray the forgotten face of history. Find out how he used his personal and political experiences to create ironic social satires.
