Gunter Grass died on April 15 2015.
I have not read any of his works other than a few poems, of which I found delightful.
Praised by the Nobel Prize Academy for "whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history" he is an intriguing choice, mainly for the revelation that he was a member of the Waffen-SS in World War II. Should have the title be stripped from him? Is he still in the 'ideal direction'? If the Academy knew about it would they have chosen differently?
