Gunter Grass
A picture taken in Helsinki on February 3, 1981 shows German writer Günter Grass during his visit to Finland.
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Gunter Grass has expressed his personal opinion. He's allowed to do that. I don't in any way agree with what he said, and I want to categorically state that Gunter Grass' position is not in line with Germany's policy on Israel
Gunter Grass has expressed his personal opinion. He's allowed to do that. I don't in any way agree with what he said, and I want to categorically state that Gunter Grass' position is not in line with Germany's policy on Israel
The Germans fear us ... Israel is a taboo here, a burning potato that everyone ignores, especially after Gunter Grass was lynched. Germans have a primal fear of saying publicly anything negative regarding Israel.More quotes »
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Iran's comments a threat to Europe too, German president tells Haaretz
Nobel laureate Gunter Grass argued that Israel, not Iran, is the true threat to world peace, Gauck answers decisively. "Gunter Grass has expressed his personal opinion. He's allowed to do that. I don't in any way agree with what he said, and I want to categorically from Haaretz Read more »
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Writer blasts treatment of Greece
writer and Nobel prize laureate Gunter Grass says Greece has been "pilloried naked as a debtor''. Source: AP GERMAN Nobel literature laureate Guenter Grass has criticised Greece's treatment in the debt crisis, describing it in a new poem as a "country sentenced from Herald Sun Read more »
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Controversial Gunter Grass remains head of German PEN club
prize-winning author Gunter Grass remains honorary chairman of the German branch of the PEN club despite a bid to sack him over a controversial poem he wrote lambasting Israel, a spokeswoman said. Grass, 84, recently provoked a heated international debate from Expatica Read more »
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The planning behind the City of Joy
admirers. The ‘City of Joy' which was the capital of British Indian Empire till 1911 also drew many acerbic comments like Gunter Grass's “a bloody great mass that was dropped by God and called Calcutta” and Rajiv Gandhi's “a dying city”. Naturally the city's from The Hindu Read more »
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Messianic and then some
Gunter Grass said a frightened Israel is dangerous not only to itself but to the entire world, Israelis refused to address this harsh statement. The Israeli tribal defense in the face of Grass' remarks focused on the speaker's insolence, past and character. from Haaretz Read more »
