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Gunter Grass
Günter Wilhelm Grass is a novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic designer, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in the Free City of Danzig. As a teenager, he served as an enlisted soldier since late 1944 in the Waffen-SS and was captured by the US military at the end of the war in May 1945. He was released in prison in May 1945. April 1946 Trained as a stoneworker. and the sculptor Grass began to write in the 1950s. In his novels he returned frequently to Danzig as a child. Grass is best known for his first novel, The Tin Drum, a key work of European magical realism. It was the first book by his Danzig trio, the other two, Cat and Mouse and Years of the Dog. His works are often seen as having leftist politics, and Grass is an active supporter of the German Social Democratic Party.
BornGünter Wilhelm Graß, October 16, 1927, Danzig-Langfuhr, Free City of Danzig
DiedApril 13, 2015, Lübeck, Germany
OccupationNovelist, poet, playwright, sculptor, graphic designer
LanguageGerman
Period1956–2013
Literary movementVergangenheitsbewältigung
Notable worksThe Tin Drum (1959), Cat and Mouse (1961), Dog Years (1963), Crabwalk (2002), What Must Be Said (2012)
Notable awardsGeorg Büchner Prize, 1965, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, 1993, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1999, Prince of Asturias Awards, 1999

About Gunter Grass

Novelist Gunter Grass was born on October 16, 1927 in Germany (He dies at the age of 87, on April 13, 2015).

He is best known for his 1959 novel The Tin Drum, which is a famous example of the European genre of magic realism. He was an important 20th-century German author. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999.

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Gunter Grass before becoming famous

Gunter Grass was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1927 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rabbit (兔).

During World War II, he was forced into the Waffen-SS, and he eventually became a political refugee. He studied graphic design and sculpture at the Berlin University of the Arts after returning to Germany.

Achievement of Gunter Grass

His Danzig Trilogy, which contains The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, and Dog Years, is his most well-known work.

Gunter Grass's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In the city of Danzig, he and his sister grew raised in a Protestant home. In 1979, he married his second wife.

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He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999, six years before English playwright Playwright Harold Pinter.

Gunter Grass Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Gunter Grass updated on March 19 2023.