Rebecca Braun is Professor of Modern Languages and Creative Futures in the Department of Languages and Cultures at Lancaster. She directs the interdisciplinary research hub: Authors and the World.
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Günter Grass will speak to us from beyond the grave
Germany’s most consistently controversial writer, the Nobel-winning Günter Grass, has died at the age of 87.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature – just another blast of our celebrity culture?
Every mid-October some unsuspecting writer gets a phone call. It’s the secretary of the Nobel Prize committee! Overnight, an averagely respected author is turned into a global literary celebrity. What does this mean for the author, and is it different to other kinds of media fame?