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Jaroslava Gajdosova

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Germany’s Awkward Farewell to Günter Grass

May 6, 2015 • by Jaroslava Gajdosova

Can good poetry also be a good politics? I am paraphrasing a question that I have heard Jeff Goldfarb asking on several occasions. Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, sculptor, and a Nobel Prize laureate, delivered both -- the finest literature and daring political insights. With his departure, Germany and the ...

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