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…
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…
Well over a third of the ‘Linke’ Party parliamentarians are currently actively being monitored by the country’s domestic intelligence agency the’ BfV’ -the domestic secret service or the ‘Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz’.
It has been reported and since admitted by the agency concerned that 27 of the Linke’s 76 MP’s it current considers ‘people of interest’ along with 11 Linke members serving in regional [...] Continue Reading…
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