Quote by: Gunter Grass

In general, I agree with Jacob Grimm and feel that we ought to permit changes and uncontrolled growth in language. Even though that also allows potentially threatening new words to develop, language needs the chance to constantly renew itself.

Gunter Grass

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Author Bio

  • NameGunter Grass
  • DescriptionGerman novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor
  • AliasesGünter Wilhelm Grass; Guenter Grass
  • BornOctober 16, 1927
  • DiedApril 13, 2015
  • CountryGermany; German Empire
  • ProfessionWriter; Screenwriter; Poet; Sculptor; Novelist; Playwright; Essayist; Autobiographer
  • WorksThe Tin Drum; Cat And Mouse; Dog Years; Crabwalk; What Must Be Said; The Call Of The Toad; The Rat; Letzte Tänze
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Georg Büchner Prize; Hermann Kesten Prize; Prince Of Asturia Literary Prize