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His works includes 25 books.  His first novel was ''The Tin Drum'' (Die Blechtrommel), 1959. Other works followed, including Cat and Mouse, Dog Days, From the Diary of a Snail, The Flounder and The Rat; recently works are: Mein Jahrhundert , 1999 and Im Krebsgang, 2002. In his "German tragedy" The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising, and published political speeches and essays, he advocated a Germany free from fanaticism and totalitarian ideologies... Vehement debate and criticism were aroused by his mammoth novel Ein weites Feld which is set in the DDR in the years of the collapse of communism and the fall of the Berlin wall. <ref> [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1999/grass-bio.html Günter Grass] The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999 </ref>

His works includes 25 books.  His first novel was ''The Tin Drum'' (Die Blechtrommel), 1959. Other works followed, including Cat and Mouse, Dog Days, From the Diary of a Snail, The Flounder and The Rat; recently works are: Mein Jahrhundert , 1999 and Im Krebsgang, 2002. In his "German tragedy" The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising, and published political speeches and essays, he advocated a Germany free from fanaticism and totalitarian ideologies... Vehement debate and criticism were aroused by his mammoth novel Ein weites Feld which is set in the DDR in the years of the collapse of communism and the fall of the Berlin wall. <ref> [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1999/grass-bio.html Günter Grass] The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999 </ref>

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).

The ''Günter Grass House'' in [[Lübeck]] shows exhibitions of his artworks, and houses an archive and a library.

The ''Günter Grass House'' in [[Lübeck]] shows exhibitions of his artworks, and houses an archive and a library.

Politically, Grass is linked to German Social-Democratic Party and supported [[Willy Brandt]]. Günter Grass’s memoir was published last summer (2007) in Germany to a chorus of controversy over the author’s service in the Waffen SS. But now that people have read it, most of the criticism has stopped. <ref> [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/gunter_grass/index.html Black Star] By JOHN IRVING </ref>  

Politically, Grass is linked to German Social-Democratic Party and supported [[Willy Brandt]]. Günter Grass’s memoir was published last summer (2007) in Germany to a chorus of controversy over the author’s service in the Waffen SS. But now that people have read it, most of the criticism has stopped. <ref> [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/gunter_grass/index.html Black Star] By JOHN IRVING </ref>  

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