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Author Information: Günter Grass

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Biography:

Günter Grass was born in 1927 in Danzig. Active as an artist, poet, and playwright, he has lived in Paris and traveled widely in Europe. At present he lives in Berlin with his wife and twin sons.

The Tin Drum, the author's first novel, has been translated into all major European languages. A film version of the book received an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1980. His other works include Cat and Mouse, The Flounder, Headbirths, and The Rat.

In 1999, Günter Grass was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Omnibus Volumes:

Danzig Trilogy, the (1974)

Collections:

Cat and Mouse and Other Writings (1994)
Novemberland (1996)
My Century (1999)

Anthologies:

Postwar German Theatre (1967)
Voices East and West: German Short Stories Since 1945 (1984)
Evidence of Fire: An Anthology of Twentieth Century German Poetry (1989)
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic (1990)
Gods and Mortals (2001)
Telling Tales (2004)

Novels:

Tin Drum, the (1959)
Cat and Mouse (1961)
Dog Years (1963)
Local Anaesthetic (1969)
Flounder, the (1977)
Meeting at Telgte, the (1979)
Headbirths, or the Germans Are Dying Out (1980)
Rat, the (1986)
Call of the Toad, the (1992)
Too Far Afield (1995)
Crabwalk (2002)

Plays:

Max (1970)

Short Stories:

Lefthanders, the (1958)

Series:

Danzig Trilogy
German Library, the