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Gunther Grass presents 50th anniversary edition of debut Tin Drum

(16 Oct 2009) SHOTLIST Goettingen - 15 October 2009 1. Close up of writer Gunter Grass with pipe, reading papers 2. Close of Grass's hand making notes 3. Grass sorting papers with colleague 4. Close tilt down of cover of new edition of 'Die Blechtrommel' ('The Tin Drum') 5. SOUNDBITE (German) Gunter Grass, writer: "I think the only really functioning International is the one of the petty bourgeoisie. They exist all over the world and the dreams and eccentricities of the petty bourgeois, the seductiveness of the petty bourgeois - all this plays a role in the novel and many recognised themselves there." 6. Second cover of new edition of 'Die Blechtrommel' 7. Grass looking at book in front of book shelf 8. SOUNDBITE (German) Gunter Grass, writer: "We can only win the right to criticise if we are willing to name the horrendous deficiencies in our own country. Then we will be credible. Otherwise, this is an arrogant and pharisaic behaviour." 9. Close up of hands 10. SOUNDBITE (German) Gunter Grass, writer: "German authors - this is too narrow. It is about the German language, about literature in German and they (the three German-writing Nobel prize winners in Literature Elfriede Jelinek, Gunter Grass and Herta Mueller) belong to it. And this is wonderful. It is wonderful on the one hand, Herta Mueller is a good writer I hold in high regard, but I was hoping for Amos Oz to finally get it, that's what I expected." 11. Cutaway of box of matches 12. SOUNDBITE (German) Gunter Grass, writer: "I chose this profession and to take risks is part of it and this actually helped me to remain active until advanced age and to take new adventures in writing over and over again." 13. Close up of pipe being lit, put back to Gunter Grass smoking Frankfurt am Main - 14 October 2009 14. Wide of exhibition hall at Frankfurt Book Fair to booth of publisher Steidl 15. Poster announcing the 50th anniversary of 'Die Blechtrommel' 16. Close up of Grass books on shelf 17. Shelf with books by Gunter Grass STORYLINE Fifty years after he arrived on the international stage with the publication of 'Die Blechtrommel,' or 'The Tin Drum,' author Gunter Grass is still surprised at the overnight success of his tale of World War II, as seen through the eyes of a stunted boy and his toy instrument. Sitting in the library of his German publisher, Steidl, in the central German university town of Goettingen, Grass - who turned 82 on Friday - dressed in a tweed jacket, his ubiquitous pipe in hand, gave pause when asked the reason for the book's global appeal. "Perhaps because it's a good book," he quipped. Since its publication 50 years ago, his pivotal work has been translated into some 40 different languages and helped earn Grass the Nobel Prize in literature in 1999 and a standing as one of the world's literary giants. In an interview with The Associated Press, the highly political author reflected not only on his work, but the Swedish Academy's decisions for the Nobel Prize in literature, the "deplorable state of affairs" for authors in China and what he called the equally dismal state of democracy in Germany. The anniversary of 'The Tin Drum' is being marked by publication of nearly a dozen new translations which were unveiled at the 61st Frankfurt Book Fair that ends on Sunday. However, he was quick to point out what he sees as shortcomings in his own country. "We can only win the right to criticize if we are willing to name the horrendous deficiencies in our own country. Then we will be credible," he said. "Otherwise, this is an arrogant and pharisaic behaviour." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...