Happy Birthday Günter Grass! German authour turns 85 today and still going strong.
The Günter Grass House, has existed since 2002 in the Glockengießerstraße 21 in Lubeck – its official name is ‘Günter Grass-Haus, Forum für Literatur und Bildende Kunst’ / the Günter Grass House, Forum for Literature and Visual Arts.
It offers insights into the work of Nobel laureate, graphic artist and sculptor [...] Continue Reading…
Many world leaders and many economists, have spoken about the economic woes of and in Greece – to not much practical or discernible effect as of yet.
However now a respected 84-year-old German literary figure in the form of Nobel laureate Günter Grass, has entered the fray and severely criticised the EU over its attitude to Greece and the Greeks saying they are [...] Continue Reading…
Ostensibly because of the controversy over the poem “What must be said” critical of Israel by the German Nobel laureate Guenter Grass, the US novelist Dave Eggers will stay away from today’s award ceremony at Bremen’s City Hall, where he should have been awarded the “Albatross” Literature Prize of the Günter Grass Foundation in Bremen.
His novel, “Zeitoun”, was considered by the Günter [...] Continue Reading…
Last Wednesday 84 year old German author and Nobel laureate Günter Grass wrote in a poem called “What must be said” that the present regime in Israel is a threat to world peace.http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/04/04/gunter-grass-speaks-out-atommach-israel-gefahr-fur-den-weltfrieden-israel-a-danger-to-world-peace-what-must-be-said-commentary-by-ota-berlin-constituency-blog-contributor-mr-emil/
The respected French-German publicist Alfred Grosser, the son of Jewish parents is, on the debate on the poem written by Gunter Grass, clearly on the side of the writer.
Alfred Grosser, [...] Continue Reading…
Last Wednesday 84 year old German author and Nobel laureate Günter Grass wrote in a poem called “What must be said” that the present regime in Israel is a threat to world peace.http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/04/04/gunter-grass-speaks-out-atommach-israel-gefahr-fur-den-weltfrieden-israel-a-danger-to-world-peace-what-must-be-said-commentary-by-ota-berlin-constituency-blog-contributor-mr-emil/
Günter Grass told German public broadcaster Norddeutsche Rundfunk/NDR on Thursday that an organized campaign against him will fail. Going after the man instead of the ball – blaming the messenger [...] Continue Reading…
Against the backdrop of the nuclear dispute with Iran the 1999 Literature Nobel Prize winner, the 84-year-old German writer Günter Grass, has sharply criticized both his own country Germany and Israel.
Grass wrote as much in a poem today called “What must be said” which was sent to the German “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”, and other international publications like the Italian “La Repubblica” and the [...] Continue Reading…
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