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The German writer GΓΌnter Grass
George Steiner on why the German novelist so deserved the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature
"He has been the conscience of postwar Germany." The author and scholar Professor George Steiner talks about why the German novelist GΓΌnter Grass so deserved the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Also on the programme: Ben Okri on his poem Mental Fight, Matt Ridley on his book Genome:The Autobiography of a Species and a discussion about plagiarism.
Presented by Harriet Gilbert.
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