Günter Grass was one of the most important writers of our time. He died last Monday at the age of 87. Grass became internationally known through his novel “The Tin Drum” and was even awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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A Successful And Controversial Writer
Günter Grass already had great success with his first novel “The Tin Drum” in 1959 and not only in Germany. The book was translated into many other languages and Grass became known all over the world as a writer. “The Tin Drum,” tells about the life of Oskar Metzerath, a Small, and his family and is considered one of the most important works of Postwar Literature. The book was also made into a film, was shown in the cinema in 1979, and even won an Oscar for the best foreign-language film. In 1999, Günter Grass received the Nobel Prize for Literature for his body of work as a writer. However, Günter Grass has not only been popular as a writer. In 2012, his poem “What needs to be said” in the Süddeutsche Zeitung sparked a fierce Controversy controversy. In it, Grass accuses the country of Israel of putting peace in the world at risk by its Nuclear weapons putting peace in the world in danger.
Günter Grass Was A Soldier In The Second World War
Grass announced in 2006 that he had been a soldier during World War II Been a member of the Waffen-SS had been a soldier. Until now, all that was known was that at the age of 15, he volunteered for the Wehrmacht went to the army. As a member of the Waffen SS, he was responsible for loading the tank gun, according to his own account, and did not fire a single shot himself during the war. The grass was taken into custody by the Americans in 1945 and was a prisoner there until 1946.
Explanation Of The Difficult Words
A writer is someone who earns his money by writing, that is, whose profession is to write texts and stories.
The Nobel Prize in Literature, or “Nobel Prize for Literature”, is awarded every year in Sweden and is the most important prize for writers in the world.
A short person is a person who does not grow to a normal height but remains very short even though he or she is an adult.
Postwar literature deals with stories from World War II or after the war.
The Oscar (actually “Academy Award”) is the most important film prize in the world and is awarded once a year.
Controversy is a dispute involving differing opinions on a subject.
Nuclear weapons are bombs or missiles that are armed with nuclear warheads and can cause very great damage, such as destroying an entire city.
World War II took place between 1939 and 1945 and claimed about 55 million lives. Germany, Italy, and Japan fought against France, Russia, England, and the USA.
The Waffen SS is considered the elite SS unit that was responsible for the deaths of countless people during World War II.
The Wehrmacht is the army of Germany during World War II. Officially, the Wehrmacht existed from 1935 to 1946, giving rise to today’s Bundeswehr.
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