Günter Grass was born on 16 October 1927 in Free City of Danzig. A German writer and artist born in Danzig, now Gdańsk, Grass became world famous with his first novel, The Tin Drum, published in 1959, a grotesque and imaginative story of a boy who refuses to grow up, set in the Nazi years. It was the first part of his Danzig Trilogy, with Cat and Mouse and Dog Years. He was also a poet, a sculptor, a graphic artist and a vocal supporter of the Social Democratic Party. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999. In 2006 he revealed in his memoir that, as a teenager, he had served in the Waffen-SS, which caused a heated debate in Germany.
Before and after
- from 1 August 1927 to 1 May 1950Chinese Civil War
- 9 August 1927Founding of Mexico men's national football team
- 18 September 1927Founding of CBS
- 6 October 1927The Jazz Singer introduces sound to cinema
- 16 October 1927Birth of Günter Grass
- 15 November 1927Discovery of 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann
- 5 December 1927Birth of Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1928Establishment of Thingvellir National Park
- 1928Introduction of Estonian kroon
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