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Biography
Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Awards & recognition
- Ernst-Toller-Preis · 2007
- Brückepreis · 2006
- Eckart Witzigmann Prize · 2005
- Hans Christian Andersen Award · 2005
- Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin · 2005
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- honorary doctor of the University of Lübeck · 2003
- Pipe Smoker of the Year · 2000
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1999
- Princess of Asturias Literary Prize · 1999
- Fritz Bauer Prize · 1998
- Hans Fallada Prize · 1996
- Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize · 1996
- Sonning Prize · 1996
- Thomas Mann Prize · 1996
- Hermann Kesten Prize · 1995
- Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts · 1994
- honorary citizen of Gdańsk · 1993
- Honorary doctor of the University of Gdańsk · 1993
- Grinzane Cavour Prize · 1992
- honorary doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań · 1990
- Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg) · 1988
- Feltrinelli Prize · 1982
- honorary doctor of Harvard University · 1976
- Theodor Heuss Award · 1969
- Fontane-Preis · 1968
- Carl von Ossietzky Medal · 1967
- Georg Büchner Prize · 1965
- honorary doctorate · 1965
- German Critics' Prize · 1960
- German Critics' Prize — Literature · 1960
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
