Günter Grass bibliography

German writer, sculptor and graphic artist

Grass in 1982

Günter Grass (16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German writer, sculptor and graphic artist. He had an international breakthrough as a novelist with his Danzig Trilogy (1959–1963). He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1965 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999.[1]

## Bibliography

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Grass wrote the following books.[2]

### Poetry

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* Die Vorzüge der Windhühner (poems, 1956); Steidl, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86521-569-7
* Gleisdreieck (poems, 1960)
* Ausgefragt (poems, 1967)
* Letzte Tänze (poems, 2003)
* Dummer August (poems, 2007)

### Plays

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* Die bösen Köche. Ein Drama (play, 1956) ISSN 0722-8511 translated as The Wicked Cooks in Four Plays (1967)
* Hochwasser. Ein Stück in zwei Akten (play, 1957) The Flood
* Onkel, Onkel. Ein Spiel in vier Akten (play, 1958) Mister, Mister
* Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand (play, 1966) trans. The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising (1966)
* Davor (play, 1970) trans. Max (1972) on a plot from Local Anaesthetic

### Novel Series

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Dog Years, cover from 1999

Danzig

1. Die Blechtrommel (novel, 1959) trans. The Tin Drum (1959) ISBN 978-0-679-72575-6.
2. Katz und Maus (novella, 1961) trans. Cat and Mouse (1963) ISBN 978-0-15-615551-9
3. Hundejahre (novel, 1963) trans. Dog Years (1965) ISBN 978-0-7493-9450-9

### Novels and short stories

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* Örtlich betäubt (novel, 1969) trans. Local Anaesthetic (1970) ISBN 978-0-449-24257-5
* Der Butt (novel, 1977) trans. The Flounder (1978) ISBN 978-0-15-631935-5
* Das Treffen in Telgte (novel, 1979) trans. The Meeting at Telgte (1981)
* Kopfgeburten oder Die Deutschen sterben aus (novel, 1980) trans. Headbirths, or, the Germans are Dying Out (1982)
* Die Rättin (novel, 1986) trans. The Rat (1987) ISBN 978-0-15-675830-7
* Ein weites Feld [de] (novel, 1995) trans. Too Far Afield (2000) ISBN 978-0-15-601416-8
* Mein Jahrhundert (short story collection, 1999) trans. My Century (1999) ISBN 978-0-15-601141-9

1. Im Krebsgang (novel, 2002) trans. Crabwalk (2002) ISBN 978-0-15-602970-4

* Die Artur-Knoff-Geschichten. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-95829-292-5 (untranslated)
* Figurenstehen (2022). trans. The Living Statue: A Legend (2024)

### Non-Fiction

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* Über das Selbstverständliche. Reden – Aufsätze – Offene Briefe – Kommentare (speeches, essays, 1968) trans. Speak out! Speeches, Open Letters, Commentaries (1969) with 3 additional pieces
* Aus dem Tagebuch einer Schnecke [de] (political reportage, 1972) trans. From the Diary of a Snail (1973) ISBN 978-0-7493-9455-4
* Der Bürger und seine Stimme. Reden Aufsätze Kommentare (speeches, essays, 1974)
* Denkzettel. Politische Reden und Aufsätze 1965–1976 (political essays and speeches, 1978)
* Widerstand lernen. Politische Gegenreden 1980–1983 (political speeches, 1984)
* Zunge zeigen. Ein Tagebuch in Zeichnungen (political diary, 1988) trans. Show Your Tongue (1989)
* Unkenrufe (novel, 1992) trans. The Call of the Toad (1992) ISBN 978-0-15-615340-9
* Beim Häuten der Zwiebel (memoir, 2006) trans. Peeling the Onion (2007) ISBN 978-0-15-603534-7 – first volume of memoir
* Die Box (memoir, 2008) trans. The Box (2010) ISBN 978-0-09-953975-9 – second volume of memoir
* Unterwegs von Deutschland nach Deutschland. Tagebuch 1990. (political diary, 2009) trans. From Germany to Germany: Diary 1990 (2012) ISBN 978-0-547-36460-5
* Grimms Wörter (memoir, 2010) Third volume of memoir.
* Vonne Endlichkait (collection of prose, poetry, and drawings, 2015) ISBN 978-3-95829-042-6

Collections in English translation

* Four Plays (1967) including Ten Minutes to Buffalo
* In the Egg and Other Poems (1977)
* Two States One Nation? (1990)
* Of All That Ends (poetry and prose) (6 December 2016) ISBN 978-0-544-78538-0

## References

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1. ^ Woods, Tim (2008). "Grass, Günter". Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-70990-8.
2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999: Günter Grass – Bibliography". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

## External links

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* Review of Headbirths, or, the Germans are Dying Out The Boston Phoenix

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Günter Grass

* Bibliography

Prose|

| Danzig Trilogy|

* The Tin Drum (1959)
* Cat and Mouse (1961)
* Dog Years (1963)

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Others|

* Local Anaesthetic (1969)
* From the Diary of a Snail (1973)
* The Flounder (1977)
* The Meeting at Telgte (1979)
* Headbirths, or, the Germans are Dying Out (1980)
* The Rat (1986)
* The Call of the Toad (1992)
* Too Far Afield (1995)
* My Century (1999)
* Crabwalk (2002)
* Peeling the Onion (2006)
* The Box (2008)

Poetry|

* "What Must Be Said" (2012)

Plays|

* The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising (1966)

Adaptations|

* The Tin Drum (1979)
* The Call of the Toad (2005)

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