Günter Grass

Günter Grass was Germany’s foremost writer for more than half a century, and his books were and remain best—sellers across the world. The Tin Drum was made into an Oscar—winning film in 1979, and the memoir Peeling the Onion astounded readers by revealing Grass had been drafted into the military wing of the SS, a ruthless component of the Nazi war machine, in the closing months of World War II. Grass also wrote memorably about the German student movement, feminism, and German reunification,...