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Günter Grass

Günter Grass
Günter Grass (1927–2015), Germany's most celebrated contemporary writer, attained worldwide renown with the publication of his novel The Tin Drum in 1959. A man of remarkable versatility, Grass was a poet, playwright, social critic, graphic artist, and novelist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1999.


Poetry and Prose from Günter Grass’s Final Work

"We must never again build memorials / to victims we treated thoughtlessly"
December 9, 2016  By Günter Grass
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