FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2009 file photo German literature nobel prize laureate Guenter Grass poses in front of his sculpture depicting a hand holding a flounder during his opening walk of an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of his novel "The tin drum" in Luebeck, northern Germany. Grass published the book in 1959. Nobel laureate Grass has died his publishing house confirmed Monday, April 13, 2015. He was 87. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer, File)