Günter Grass

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Günter Grass was a Nobel Prize–winning German novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his seminal postwar novel "The Tin Drum" and his critical engagement with Germany’s Nazi past.

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instanceOf essayist
graphic artist
human
novelist
playwright
poet
sculptor
awardReceived Georg Büchner Prize
Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize
Hermann Kesten Prize
Hoffmann von Fallersleben Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature
Prince of Asturias Award for Literature
Theodor Heuss Prize
causeOfDeath lung infection
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1927-10-16
dateOfDeath 2015-04-13
educatedAt Academy of Arts in Berlin
surface form: Berlin University of the Arts

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
surface form: Düsseldorf Arts Academy
ethnicGroup German
familyName Meadows
surface form: Grass
genre drama
essay
novel
poetry
givenName Günther
surface form: Günter
languageOfWorkOrName German
mainTheme Germany’s Nazi past
postwar German society
militaryBranch Waffen-SS
movement Group 47
name Günter Grass self-link
notableWork Cat and Mouse
Crabwalk
Dog Years
My Century
Peeling the Onion
The Flounder
The Rat
The Tin Drum
numberOfChildren 4
occupation political activist
writer
periodOfActivity 20th century
21st century
placeOfBirth Gdańsk
surface form: Danzig

Free City of Danzig
Gdańsk
placeOfDeath Germany
Lübeck
politicalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
residence Berlin
Lübeck
sexOrGender male
spouse Anna Schwarz
Ute Grunert
subjectOf controversy over Waffen-SS membership

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Salman Rushdie influencedBy Günter Grass
Günter Grass name Günter Grass self-link
The Viking Press hasAuthorPublished Günter Grass
Georg Büchner Prize hasAwarded Günter Grass
Friedenau hasNotableResident Günter Grass
The Tin Drum author Günter Grass
Cat and Mouse author Günter Grass
Dog Years author Günter Grass
The Flounder author Günter Grass
The Rat author Günter Grass
The Rat creator Günter Grass
Crabwalk author Günter Grass
My Century author Günter Grass
Peeling the Onion author Günter Grass
Peeling the Onion subject Günter Grass
Group 47 hasMember Günter Grass
Hermann Kesten Prize hasRecipient Günter Grass
Ute Grunert spouseOf Günter Grass
Anna Schwarz spouse Günter Grass
Fontane Prize notableLaureate Günter Grass
Hebbel Prize hasAwarded Günter Grass
Alfred-Döblin-Preis founder Günter Grass
Volker Schlöndorff collaboratedWith Günter Grass