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Early life. Grass was born in the Free City of Danzig on 16 October 1927, to Wilhelm Grass (1899–1979), a Lutheran Protestant of German origin, and Helene Grass ( née Knoff, 1898–1954), a Roman Catholic of Kashubian - Polish origin. [8] [9] He identified as Kashubian.
Article History. Günter Grass. In full: Günter Wilhelm Grass. Born: October 16, 1927, Danzig [now Gdańsk, Poland] Died: April 13, 2015, Lübeck, Germany (aged 87) Awards And Honors:
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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 Waffen...
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.
The Tin Drum ( German: Die Blechtrommel, pronounced [diː ˈblɛçˌtʁɔml̩] ⓘ) is a 1959 novel by Günter Grass, the first book of his Danzig Trilogy. It was adapted into a 1979 film, which won both the 1979 Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980.
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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.
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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...
