Quote of the Day: Günter Grass was a German novelist, poet, playwright, sculptor, printmaker, and artist whose influential works shaped post‑war literature. Born October 16, 1927, in Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland), Günter Grass lived through the turbulence of World War II and became the literary spokesman for the German generation that grew up in the Nazi era and survived its aftermath. He passed away on April 13, 2015, in Lübeck, Germany.
His extraordinary first novel, Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum, 1959), brought him international acclaim and established him as a leading voice in Germany’s cultural and political discourse, with his writing often confronting uncomfortable truths about history, identity, and morality. In recognition of his profound impact on literature, Grass was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999.
