webfact Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 German Nobel laureate Guenter Grass dies at age 87BERLIN (AP) — Guenter Grass, the Nobel-winning German writer who gave voice to the generation that came of age during the horrors of the Nazi era but later ran into controversy over his own World War II past and stance toward Israel, has died. He was 87.Matthias Wegner, spokesman for the Steidl publishing house, confirmed that Grass died Monday morning in a Luebeck hospital.Grass made his literary reputation with "The Tin Drum," published in 1959. It was followed by "Cat and Mouse" and "Dog Years," which made up what is called the Danzig Trilogy — after the town of his birth, now the Polish city of Gdansk.He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1999.-- (c) Associated Press 2015-04-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Another voice of the sixties departs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcffee Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 His name is Günter, not Guenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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