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Günter Wilhelm Grass (German: [ˈɡʏntɐ ˈɡʁas] ⓘ; [1] [2] 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999 was awarded to Günter Grass "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history"
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 ...
Apr 13, 2015 · Günter Grass. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999. Born: 16 October 1927, Danzig, Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) Died: 13 April 2015, Lübeck, Germany. Residence at the time of the award: Germany. Prize motivation: “whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history” Language: German. Prize share: 1/1. Life.
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...
Günter Grass talks about the purpose of literature; how history is presented in his books; his way of focusing on everyday details; the power of literature; the demonic concept in his books; the mixture of fantasy and realism in his texts; and how his characters often come alive.
Apr 13, 2015 · Nobel Prize-winning author Guenter Grass, who has died at the age of 87, was regarded as Germany's greatest post-war writer. But in 2006, his revelation that he had served in...
Apr 13, 2015 · Günter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning German author, died on Monday aged 87. The writer, who won the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature, was known for his critical view of Germany’s Nazi...
Apr 13, 2015 · Nobel Prize-winning author Guenter Grass, who has died at the age of 87, was regarded as Germany's greatest post-war writer. But in 2006, his revelation that he had served in the...
Günter Grass is widely considered one of Germany’s most important postwar writers and intellectuals. He was born and raised in Danzig, then known as “the Free City of Danzig”; his parents fled their home in 1945 when the city became Polish Gdańsk.
