Günter Grass

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essayist graphic artist human novelist playwright poet sculptor

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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The Viking Press → hasAuthorPublished → Günter Grass ⓘ
Georg Büchner Prize → hasAwarded → Günter Grass ⓘ
Salman Rushdie → influencedBy → Günter Grass ⓘ
Günter Grass → name → Günter Grass self-link ⓘ