Biography EssayGunter Grass is more than a writer; he is a phenomenon. Recognized in Germany by friend and foe alike as a formidable artistic and political force, abroad he is viewed almost as a perso...
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The German novelist, playwright, and poet Günter Grass (born 1927) is internationally known as one of the most important literary figures of postwar Germany; he is also known as an exemplar of hi...
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Günter Grass is more than a writer; he is a phenomenon. Recognized in Germany by friend and foe alike as a formidable artistic and political force, abroad he is viewed almost as a personification...
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Günter Grass, although best known for his fiction, has also had a significant career as a playwright. Some of his most original plays were conceived between 1953 and 1959, before the publication ...
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The Baltic port city of Gdansk opened three days of celebrations Thursday to mark the 80th birthday of its famous son, German novelist Guenter Grass."I'm very happy that I could come and meet with ...
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"No experience matters," former President Bill Clinton told PBS' Charlie Rose last week. "I mean, in theory, we could find someone who is a gifted television commentator." But to elect such a candi...
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Beijing (dpa) - The 15 million residents of China's capital are
forecast to spend about 114 million yuan (14.7 million dollars) to
buy more than 510,000 boxes of fireworks o...
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Berlin (dpa) - For some, Guenter Grass is a towering literary
figure, a magnificent storyteller, who in the words of the Swedish
Academy's Nobel Prize committee "has done ma...
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In October 1960, Lincoln Kirstein âwas able to confide to a few people that the state would be spending $17,500,000 to erect a dance theater. It would be designed by Philip Johnson...
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The line of towering wind turbines stand motionless on the ridgeline above Interstate 70 in central Kansas, Y-shaped silhouettes amid the swirling snow.Despite the weather, dozens of technicians ar...
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Bob Saget walked into the lobby of the Hudson Hotel and thrust out his hand. The tall, fit 48-year-old was wearing a zip-up sweatshirt, faded jeans and Converse loafers. I was eager to ask him to t...
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