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German writer Günter Grass also made a living as a graphic artist and sculptor. He grew up in Danzig during World War II and joined the Waffen-SS, something he comes to terms with in the autobiographical novel Peeling the Onion (2006). Grass was a political activist and did not hesitate to comment on contemporary events.
- Nobel Lecture
Günter Grass delivered his Nobel Lecture in Börssalen at the...
- Prose
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Horace Engdahl, the Permanent Secretary of the Swedish...
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Grass is interviewed by Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary...
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- Banquet Speech
Günter Grass’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 1999...
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Biographical. Günter Grass was born in 1927 in...
- Nobel Lecture
6 days ago · 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 war.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Biographical. Günter Grass was born in 1927 in Danzig-Langfuhr of Polish-German parents. After military service and captivity by American forces 1944-46, he worked as a farm labourer and miner and studied art in Düsseldorf and Berlin. 1956-59 he made his living as a sculptor, graphic artist and writer in Paris, and subsequently Berlin.
Libra Poets. Childhood & Early Life. Gunter Grass was born in the Free City of Danzig on 16 October 1927. His family was a lower middle class one and his parents Wilhelm Grass and Helene were grocers. He had one younger sister. He was raised a Catholic and attended the Danzig Gymnasium Conradinum.
Apr 14, 2015 · The writer and artist Günter Grass gave voice to the generation that came of age during the Nazi era. But late in life he ran into controversy over his own wartime exploits and his stance towards ...
Apr 17, 2015 · The forced dissolution of the Jewish community of Danzig in 1938-9 was a brutal, portentous prelude to the shoah. A "free city", formally ruled by the League of Nations, Danzig had fallen under ...
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Grass is interviewed by Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, and Pernilla Rosell-Steuer, student. 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 ...
