Today marks the 95th birthday of renowned German author Junter Grass, who was born on October 16, 1927. A writer and member of the German military, Gras took part in World War II in 1944 as an assistant in the German Air Force. He lived with American military families after the war ended in 1946 until he was released that same year. Gunter Grass is one of the most important German writers in the post -Second World War period, which won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999.
He spent his final days close to Lopec, a city in northern Germany.
The great German author Junter Grass, who was born on October 16, 1927, in the city of Danthez (which was added to Poland after World War II), took part in World War II as an assistant in 1944 and was one of the most well-known authors to adopt a position antagonistic to the Zionist entity. He was imprisoned in the German aviation weapon after the war’s end in 1946 and lived with American military families until his release the following year. He is regarded as one of the most significant German writers of the post-World War II period; he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999; and he spent his final years close to the northern German city of Lopec.
The great German author Junter Grass, who was born on October 16, 1927, in the city of Danthez (which was added to Poland after World War II), took part in World War II as an assistant in 1944 and was one of the most well-known authors to adopt a position antagonistic to the Zionist entity. He was imprisoned in the German aviation weapon after the war’s end in 1946 and lived with American military families until his release the following year. He is regarded as one of the most significant German writers of the post-World War II period; he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999; and he spent his final years close to the northern German city of Lopec.
The Nobel laureate travelled to Yemen twice, in 2002 and 2003, where he met Adonis, Mahmoud Darwish, Jamal Al-Ghitani, Najwa Barakat, and Hassan Dawood, among other Arab intellectuals. When I questioned him in Sanaa about the Arabic books he had read, he said that he had only read a handful of Najib Mahfouz’s novels, preferring his more current works over her classics.
As for the essence of Grass, it was not Arabic literature that I loved so much, but rather Yemeni architecture. For this reason, he contributed money to start a school for clay architecture in Shibam in order to preserve this stunning architectural legacy.
According to Al-Faisal Magazine, in its issue titled Al-Faisal Magazine: The numbers 442, published in February 2013, Gunter Grass was outspoken in his opposition to the Al-Sawin entity’s policies, which he deemed to be the most dangerous to world peace. He also carried a poem titled “What it is necessary to say,” which was printed in numerous international publications, including the American New York Times, the Zod-German Duetsche, Italy, and
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