John Dos Passos' Influence on Günter Grass: A Study on Two Memory-writers and Two Distinct Approaches Towards Migration as a Literary Theme

A remarkable essay on two major writers and their viewpoints on Flucht und Vertreibung. Susana de Abreu Miguel Oliveiras study analyses how the North-American writer John Dos Passos eventually influenced Gnter Grass, who in 1999 was awarded the Nobel Price for Literature. Oliveira explores their viewpoints on migration, focusing specifically on Flucht und Vertreibung (the expulsion of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe at the end of WWII), an issue addressed by both Grass as well as Dos Passos, with great insight.