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[[Image:Günter Grass.jpg|left|140px|Günter Grass]]

[[Image:Günter Grass.jpg|left|140px|Günter Grass]]

'''Günter Grass''' (Danzig 1927) [[German]] writer, poet, sculptor and printmaker. In 1999 he was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]]. His works includes 25 books.  His first novel was ''The Tin Drum'' (Die Blechtrommel), 1959.

'''Günter Grass''' (Danzig 1927) [[German]] writer, poet, sculptor, printmaker and former member of the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/12/wss12.xml I was in Hitler's SS, admits Günter Grass]. . In 1999 he was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]]. His works includes 25 books.  His first novel was ''The Tin Drum'' (Die Blechtrommel), 1959.

Among Grass' several awards are Gruppe 47 Prize (1958), Critics' Prize (1960, Germany), Foreign Book Prize (1962, France), Bühner Prize (1965), Fontane Prize (1968), Heuss Prize (1969), Mondello Prize (1977, Palermo), Carl von Ossiersky Medal (1977), Viareggio-Versilia Prize (1978), Majakowski Medal (1977), Feltrinelli Prize (1982), Leonhard Frank Ring (1988).

Among Grass' several awards are Gruppe 47 Prize (1958), Critics' Prize (1960, Germany), Foreign Book Prize (1962, France), Bühner Prize (1965), Fontane Prize (1968), Heuss Prize (1969), Mondello Prize (1977, Palermo), Carl von Ossiersky Medal (1977), Viareggio-Versilia Prize (1978), Majakowski Medal (1977), Feltrinelli Prize (1982), Leonhard Frank Ring (1988).

 

 

[[Category:Literature]]

[[Category:Literature]]