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Stephen Brandes relishes his freedom to set in motion myriad ideas
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Diarmaid Ferriter: Germany right to allow republication of Mein Kampf
It is the logical conclusion of a decades long process of public acknowledgment of Nazi past
Günter Grass criticises refugee treatment from the grave
Last book by Nobel prize-winning writer attacks rising vitriol towards refugees in Germany
Bloomsday: If you haven’t read Ulysses yet, start here
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Nobel literature laureate and enemy of political extremism
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Günter Grass, Nobel-winning novelist dies aged 87
Author of The Tin Drum passes away in hospital in Lübeck
Günter Grass: storyteller of imagination and comic panache
Günter Grass changed the way writers wrote fiction and challenged the way we look at the world
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Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to a church door 497 years ago today. Now Eileen Battersby nails her German colours to the mast
German writer who tackled the burdens of the past
Siegfried Lenz: March 17th, 1926 - October 7th, 2014
Visionary editor and critic of digital power
Frank Schirrmacher: September 5th, 1959 - June 12th, 2014
Writers of the world call for end to mass online surveillance
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