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German writer Guenter Grass dies at 87

Xinhua, April 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

German writer and Nobel Prize winner Guenter Grass died on Monday, confirmed German publisher Steidl Verlag to media.

Grass died in Monday morning at the age of 87 years in a hospital in the German city of Luebeck, according to N-TV reports.

Guenter Grass was best known for his novel, The Tin Drum. He had received dozens of international awards. In 1999, he was awarded the highest literary honour: the Nobel Prize in Literature. Endi